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NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the totally eclipsed sun can only be observed for something like three hours in a century, an extensive literature dealing with the phenomena has come into existence. Two distinct branches of the subject may be recognised —one referring chiefly to past eclipses, which have their principal use in chronology, and the other bearing upon the more recent eclipses, in which attempts to extend our knowledge of the sun itself have taken the place of superstitious fear. Of the two books named above, the first belongs to the latter category, while the other is apparently intended to give a simple survey of the whole subject.
The Indian Eclipse, 1898.
Edited by E. W. Maunder Pp. xii + 172. (London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney, 1899.)
The Story of Eclipses.
By G. F. Chambers Pp. viii + 259. (London: George Newnes, 1899.)
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The Indian Eclipse, 1898 The Story of Eclipses. Nature 60, 489 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060489a0
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