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Total Solar Eclipse. Egypt, 1882

  • 1885

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Plate depicting the total solar eclipse that occurred in Egypt on May 17, 1882. A passing comet can be seen.

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  • 8.75 in. H x 10.75 in. W
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“Total Solar Eclipse. Egypt, 1882.” Spectrum Analysis: Six Lectures, Delivered in 1868, Before the Society of Apothecaries of London, 1885. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v118rf246.

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