Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920, Philips, G. M. (George Morris), 1851-1920, joint author · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company · leaf 53
y, and therefore drawonly, the brighter parts of the corona. And owing to the short timethat the eclipse lasts and to the excitement of the observers, probablynone of them will notice all the parts of the corona. 3Ormond Stone, 1847—, director of the Observatory of the Univer-sity of Virginia. 48… … W Fig. 11.—The Corona as sei.n in 1878. sphere, and the streamers are probably more like thestreaks of Northern Lights than anything else weknow of on the earth. They also have a certain re-semblance to the tails of comets, and may owe theirorigin to electrical action. 36. The Suns Lower…
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