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The Story of Eclipses

George F. Chambers

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 183 pages

The Story of Eclipses is a popular science book by George F. Chambers, written for general readers. It explains the causes and types of solar and lunar eclipses, with special attention to the total solar eclipse of May 28, 1900. It is an accessible introduction to astronomy and the history of eclipse observation.

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THE STORY OF ECLIPSES

SIMPLY TOLD FOR GENERAL READERS.

WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE TOTAL ECLIPSE

OF THE SUN OF MAY 28, 1900.

BY

GEORGE F. CHAMBERS, F.R.A.S.

Of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law.

AUTHOR OF

“THE STORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM”; “THE STORY OF THE STARS”;

“A HANDBOOK OF DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY,” ETC.

LONDON: GEORGE NEWNES, LTD.

SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND

1899.

The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved.

The Total Eclipse of the Sun, Sept. 7, 1858 (Liais)

Fig. 1.—The Total Eclipse of the Sun, Sept. 7, 1858 (Liais).

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Contents

  1. THE STORY OF ECLIPSES
  2. THE STORY OF ECLIPSES.

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