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THE following few details concerning the above Expedition will probably be of interest to the readers of NATURE; having just returned from Siam, I am unable at present to give full particulars. The general results obtained by our party have already been published in this country by means of the telegraph. The fact that any results were obtained at all is far more than might have been expected considering the very brief time we had to adjust the instruments. We had only five days to land, unpack, fit up, and test the instruments, most or which were quite new and untried. This want of time was in the first place owing to unavoidable delays on the way out, and to the fact that there was no steamer ready to take us on to the Observatory Camp at once, thus necessitating a visit to Bangkok prior to the eclipse. Our partial success is in a large measure due to the valuable assistance of Capt. A. J. Loftus, an English gentleman in the service of his Majesty the King of Siam; Capt. Loftus was sent out by his Majesty to prepare the camp for us at Choulai Point.
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LOTT, F. The Government Eclipse Expedition to Siam . Nature 12, 172–173 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012172a0
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