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Eclipses and longitude calculations, 1869 - 1876
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/118
Scope and Contents
Material concerning eclipses and calculations for longitude. The volume begins with the 1869 eclipse and includes a photograph, Professor Young's report and correspondence with L. Swift and B. Pierce. This is followed by material on the 1870 eclipse and computations for future eclipses in 1878, 1905, 1914 and 1954, and in 430, 674, 671 and 688 BC; maps for the 1875 eclipses; an article on future eclipses from 'The Times', 7 September 1871; and a piece on the 1724 total eclipse. There are six...
Dates:
1869 - 1876
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