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The Story of Eclipses

The Story of Eclipses

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Number of Chapters: 22

Length: 07 hours and 02 minutes

Language: English

Solar eclipses have both frightened and fascinated humankind for thousands of years. At first believed to be caused by angry gods punishing the people on Earth, we now know that a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun and fully or partially covers the Sun. Ever since scientists were able to predict the next solar eclipse, people - at least the less superstitious ones - wanted to go there and see it for themselves.

This book, published in 1899, was written for potential spectators of the total eclipse of the Sun on May 28, 1900. It deals with the science behind solar eclipses and their prediction, and lists a number of known historic eclipses from antiquity to the 19th century. Also included are eclipses mentioned in books, strange customs surrounding the eclipses, and how best to watch one. (Summary by Ava)

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Preface and Introduction (Availle)
General Ideas (Linda Olsen Fitak)
The ''Saros'' and the Periodicity of Eclipses (MaryAnn)
Miscellaneous Theoretical Matters Connected With Eclipses of the Sun (Chiefly) (Andrea Kotzer)
What Is Observed During the Earlier Stages of an Eclipse of the Sun (MaryAnn)
What Is Observed During the Total Phase of an Eclipse of the Sun (MaryAnn)
What Is Observed After the Total Phase of an Eclipse is at an End (MaryAnn)
Eclipses of the Sun Mentioned in History - Chinese (MaryAnn)
Are Eclipses Alluded to in the Bible? (MaryAnn)
Eclipses of the Sun Mentioned in History - Classical (John Carter)
Eclipses of the Sun Mentioned in History - The Christian Era to the Norman Conquest (Wayne Anderson)
Eclipses of the Sun Mentioned in History - Mediaeval and Modern (DrPGould)
Eclipses of the Sun During the Nineteenth Century (DrPGould)
The Electric Telegraph as Applied to Eclipses of the Sun (Linda Olsen Fitak)
Eclipses of the Moon - General Principles (Kathleen Moore)
Eclipses of the Moon Mentioned in History (Kathleen Moore)
Catalogues of Eclipses: And Their Calculation (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Strange Eclipse Customs (Linda Olsen Fitak)
Eclipses in Shakespeare and the Poets (Amelia Chesley)
Brief Hints To Observers Of Eclipses Of the Sun (Amelia Chesley)
Transits and Occultations (Lynda Marie Neilson)
Appendix: The Total Eclipse of the Sun of May 28, 1900 (DrPGould)
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