SOLAR ECLIPSE
EXPEDITION TO QUEBEC
fßritish Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, May 17
The RoVal Observatory fit Greenwich, iiitfends sending two members of its scientific staff) Messrs Jackson anu Davidson, to observe the solar eclipse, on August 31st., from the town of Parent, in Quebec Province, whetre the totality will last about 100 seconds. Elaborate preparations are being made for 'taking telescopic photographs of the corona and the spectrum. Use is to be made of the new Ilford infrared sensitive, plates, which by their high speed, have opened out new possibilities in long distance photography.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1932, Page 5
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93SOLAR ECLIPSE Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1932, Page 5
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