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The Total Solar Eclipse of 29 July 1878
A dark circular disc interrupts an irregular pale corona against an almost black sky. The surrounding light is strongest along a broad diagonal extension, with smaller bright structures close to the edge. The printed caption dates the total solar eclipse to 29 July 1878. The plate forms part of Ball’s account of observing the Sun under eclipse conditions.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Total Solar Eclipse of 29 July 1878" [editorial title]. In The Story of the Heavens, Sir Robert Stawell Ball. New and revised 1905 edition, 1905, Cassell and Company, Limited. Source scan leaf 102. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0138-0102
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Illustrator not identified. The Total Solar Eclipse of 29 July 1878. The Story of the Heavens. Scan leaf 102. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0138-0102