Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 322
of 1860 it was proved by measurements that thered prominences belonged to the sun and not to the moon,since the moon gradually covered th^m 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.—dkawihg of the corona made dtjbing the eclipsb opAroTjsT 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 303 ASTRONOMY.
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