ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
PERFECT OBSERVATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) CAPE TOWN, October 1. Thousands of people, including many scientists stationed al various points of a barren plateau, gathered in the totality belt in the Calvinia district for an eclipse of the sun. Conditions were perfect for the observation of totality, which lasted four minutes, in which the light of the sun was equivalent to that of a full moon. Warning was previously given to thousands of natives.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 October 1940, Page 5
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80ECLIPSE OF THE SUN Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 October 1940, Page 5
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