Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York, H. Holt · leaf 320
of 1860 it was proved by measurements that thered prominences belonged to the sun and not to the moon,since the moon gradually covered them by its motion,they remaining attached to the sun. The corona has alsosince been shown to be a solar appendage. TOTAL ECLIPSES OF THE SUN. 301 The eclipse of… … Fig. 82.—drawing of the corona made during the eclipse ofaugust 7, 1869. be a mountain or solid mass, since if such had been thecase it would inevitably have overturned. It was there-fore a gaseous or cloud-like appendage belonging to the 302 ASTRONOMY.
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