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SPECIAL magnetic and allied observations will be made at certain stations inside and outside the shadow belt of the total solar eclipse of May 29 next by the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and by various magnetic observatories, institutions, and individuals. The probable stations of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism are (1) La Paz, Bolivia; (2) Huancayo (north of belt of totality); (3) near Sobral, Brazil; (4) Ile Principe or Libreville, French Congo; and (5) various field stations within the zone of visibility. At station (3) complete magnetic and electric observations will be made.
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BAUER, L. Proposed Magnetic and Allied Observations during the Total Solar Eclipse of May 29, 1919. Nature 103, 44–45 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103044c0
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