Remarkable Eclipses, historia nauki

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TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF AUGUST 30TH, 1905, AS
PHOTOGRAPHED AT SFAX.
REMARKABLE ECLIPSES:
A SKETCH OF THE MOST
INTERESTING CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED
WITH THE OBSERVATION
OF SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES,
BOTH IN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES.
BY
WILLIAM THYNNE LYNN,
B.A. F.R.A.S.,
MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION ;
FORMERLY OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH ; AUTHOR OF
' CELESTIAL MOTIONS,' ' REMARKABLE COMETS,'
ETC., ETC.
TENTH EDITION, REVISED.
Multa terricolis lingua, cœlestibus una.
LONDON :
SAMUEL BAGSTER & SONS LIMITED,
15,
PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
1909.
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PREFACE.
THE
favourable reception of the former editions
of this little work, the first of which was pub­
lished in 1896, has induced the author to issue
a tenth, brought up to date of the present year,
with some improvements. Practically, it con­
sists of two parts, though without formal
division : a sketch of the historical and chrono­
logical bearing of eclipses seen before their
scientific study began, which may be said to
date from the one which was total in England
in the year 1715; and a rapid survey of the
observations made of those which have occurred
since, and the discoveries resulting from them.
By the kind permission of the Astronomer
Royal, Sir William Η. M. Christie, I am enabled
to reproduce, as a frontispiece to this work,
one of his beautiful photographs of the total
eclipse of the 30th of August, 1905, taken at
Sfax in Tunisia.
W. T. L.
Blackheath, March,
1909
.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
CELESTIAL MOTIONS:
A HANDY BOOK OF ASTRONOMY.
11th -Edition, Fcap. 8vo, Cloth, with several Illustrations,
Price 2s. net.
From
The Guardian
, March 27, 1901.
" Well known as one of our best introductions to astronomy."
London; SAMUEL BAGSTER & SONS LIMITED,
15, Paternoster Row, E.C.
ALSO
Fourteenth Edition, Fcap. 8vo, Cloth, Price 6d.
REMARKABLE COMETS.
From
The Journal of the British Astronomical Association,
March 23, 1896.
" This valuable little book has now reached a fourth edition, the
preceding ones having been published in 1893, 1894, and 1895 . . . .
The author gives an historical account of all the comets which have
been distinguished by unusual brilliancy, or by repeated returns to
view. Such well-known comets as Halley's, Encke's, Biela's, and
a
few others, which call for somewhat full treatment, are adequately,
though concisely, dealt with, while the less prominent examples
are well chosen, and receive due notice."
London :
SAMUEL BAGSTER & SONS LIMITED,
15,
Paternoster
Row, E.C.
And, also uniform with the present work, Fcap, 8vo,
Cloth, Price 6d. net, Fifth Edition.
ASTRONOMY FOR THE YOUNG.
London : SAMUEL BAGSTER & SONS LIMITED,
15, Paternoster Row, E.C.
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