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Two British expeditions to observe the total eclipse of the sun on June 19, 1936, are leaving for sites selected from which to observe the eclipse. The path of the total eclipse stretches from Greece over Siberia to the Pacific Ocean. An expedition led by Prof. F. J. M. Stratton, of the Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge, will station itself in northern Japan. The programme of eclipse observations consists chiefly of observations of intensities of lines in the flash spectrum; despite the vigorous growth of the technique of spectrophotometry in the last decade, very few spectrophotometric observations have been made on eclipses, chiefly on account of the ill-luck through cloud which has attended recent expeditions. The second British expedition will be led by Prof. J. A. Carroll of the University of Aberdeen, and will proceed to a site in the U.S.S.R. where the eclipse will take place near midday. It is to be hoped that good weather will reward the efforts expended in organising both these expeditions.
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Solar Eclipse Expeditions. Nature 137, 429–430 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137429f0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137429f0