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Title: The Story of Eclipses

Author: George F. Chambers

Release date: January 10, 2008 [eBook #24222]

Language: English

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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.

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.

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