Total Eclipse of the Sun .
. There was -a total eclipse of tho sun on August 19th-, tho line passing across Europe and Asia. In Berlin the occultafcion, as seen, was preceded by deeply coloured clouds. The eclipse was not observed at St. Petersburg owing to tho clouded condition of the sky. At Klin, the sun was obscured, but an aged professor, named Mendeleff, made a balloon ascension alono, so as to get above the >clouds and take an observation, As there had been a hitch in idling the balloon there was considerable doubt as to its ability to carry the anonaufc, but the ascension was buoee>sfully mado, and the Professor descended safely near Moscow, forty miles distant. At Dartmoor and Toquay, England, the eelij)se was observed lor a few minutes. Clouds interfered at Paris and V r ienua. At Jergewitz on the Volga, whore piofessor Vogel was stationed, the sky was overcast. The Russian observers were more successful, their various stations obtaining numerous drawings o l the corona and its spectium.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 2
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171Total Eclipse of the Sun. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 2
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