Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 293
from sulphur and thickbitumen is bluish. Lighted straw gives out sparks ofa reddish color. The large olive, laurel, ash of Parnas-sus, etc., trees which always retain their sap, throw awhitish light similar to that of a lamp. Thus, cometswhose fires are formed of different materials, each takeand… … THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1883 AN ASTRONOMERS VOYAGE TO FAIRY-LAND. (From The Atlantic Monthly, Mat, 1890.) By prof. E. S. HOLDEN. N 1883 calculations showedthat a solar eclipse of un-usually long duration (5minutes, 20 seconds) wouldoccur in the South Pacific Ocean.The track of the eclipse lay…
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