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The call of the stars; (1919)

Kippax, John Robert, 1849- [from old catalog] · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 442

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by nomeans so important as a total solar eclipse, a totallunar eclipse is yet one of the most interesting andbeautiful sights in the sky. The earliest lunar eclipse of which there is anyauthentic record is that mentioned by Ptolemy ashaving been observed at Babylon on March 19, 721B.C. In his Life… … Yerkes Observatory Plate XXXII. Total Eclipse of the Moon, Feb. 8, 1906

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