Our Own View of the Eclipse
Anon
Genre: | Essay, Drollery |
Subjects: | Astronomy, Observation, Instruments |
Shares the public's disappointment with the solar eclipse. The author explains how he prepared a smoked-glass plate through which to observe the phenomenon but was dismayed to find that the sun did not disappear. | |
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