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            'Total solar eclipse, July 29th 1878..’
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                                1913
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Cassell & Co, Lithographers
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                13545
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (print): 168mm
width (print): 108mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 108mm
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                                '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).
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            The caption refers to the work of American astronomer William Harkness (1837-1903).
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