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    Image number: RS.9178
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    'Total solar eclipse, July 29th 1878..’

    Date
    1913
    Creator - Organisation
    Cassell & Co, Lithographers
    Object type
    Library reference
    13545
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 168mm
    width (print): 108mm
    Subject
    Content object
    space
       > Solar system
          > Sun
    Description
    'Total solar eclipse, July 29th 1878. The corona from the photographs. Harkness'. Illustration from The story of the heavens, by Robert Stawell Ball (London, 1913).

    The caption refers to the work of American astronomer William Harkness (1837-1903).
    Associated place
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       > Europe
          > Ireland
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