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Call Number:

PH-02550

Collection Name:

Reports on the observations of the total eclipse of the sun, December 21-22, 1889, and of the total eclipse of the moon, July 22, 1888, to which is added a Catalogue of the library

Creator:

Burnham, S. W. (Sherburne Wesley), 1838-1921

Lick Observatory

Schaeberle, John Martin, 1853-1924

unidentified photographer

No. of Items:

8 photographs in 1 bound volume

Span Dates:

1891

Description:

Lick Observatory. Reports on the observations of the total eclipse of the sun, December 21-22, 1889, and of the total eclipse of the moon, July 22, 1888, to which is added a Catalogue of the library. Sacramento, A.J. Johnston, supt. state printing, 1891. Photographically illustrated book containing three albumen prints and five collotypes by Sherburne Wesley Burnham, John Martin Schaeberle, and unidentified photographer(s). Titles follow:

958:0259:0001 -- Total Solar Eclipse, December 1889;
958:0259:0002 -- Public Square, Cayenne;
958:0259:0003 -- Total Solar Eclipse, December 1889;
958:0259:0004 -- Total Solar Eclipse, December 1889;
958:0259:0005 -- [Chart of solar eclipse];
958:0259:0006 -- Models Illustrating the Method of Formation of Polar Rays;
958:0259:0007 -- Diagrams to Illustrate the Distribution of Light at the Lunar Eclipse of July 1888;
958:0259:0008 -- Naked Eye Sketches of the Lunar Eclipse of July, 1888.

Location(s):

QB 543.89 L52 HRC-P (958:0259:0001-0008)
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