ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
CONDITIONS PERFECT CAPETOWN, Oct. 1. (Received Oct. 2„ at 11 p.m.) . Thousands of people, including many scientists stationed m various points of the barren plateau, gathered in the totality belt in the Calvinia district for an eclipse of the sun. The conditions were perfect for observation of the totality, which lasted four minutes, in which the light of the sun was equivalent to a full moon. A warning was previously given to thousands of natives.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24419, 3 October 1940, Page 10
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79ECLIPSE OF THE SUN Otago Daily Times, Issue 24419, 3 October 1940, Page 10
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