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THE RECENT SOLAR ECLIPSE.—Prof. H. Geelmuyden communicates to Astr. Nachr., No. 3378) some of the observations made at this eclipse. M. Schroeter, of the Observatory of Christiania, noted the time of the arrival of the shadow from his station near Vadsö as 16h. 57m. O˙5s Central European time, with an error of ±0˙5s., the end of totality occurring at 16h. 58m. 41s. with a possible error of several seconds. He remarks also of the “peu d'obscurité” during totality. In spite of the clouds, he says he could read and write without difficulty at a distance of 50 cm., and could follow the seconds hand on the face of his chronometer, placed at a distance of 1˙4 metres. This, however, was not the experience of the observers across the Varanger Fjord on the island at Kiö.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 54, 519–520 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054519a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/054519a0