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THE total eclipse of the moon on Saturday last was, like its predecessor in 1884 (see NATURE, vol. xxx. p. 589, and Trans. Royal Dublin Society for October 1885), favoured by a very clear sky during the whole time of its progress, so that very extensive observations of the changes of the moon's beat in consequence of the passing over of the earth shadow could be made. The apparatus used was essentially the same as that used before; yet the two old thermopiles had been replaced by two new ones especially made for this occasion by the Earl of Rosse.
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BOEDICKER, O. The Total Eclipse of the Moon of 1888 January 28, as observed at Birr Castle Observatory, Parsonstown. Nature 37, 318 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037318a0
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