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THE COMING TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.—As an example of the general interest in astronomy that is being awakened by the approaching eclipse, we may mention a pamphlet by Mr. A. J. Hawkes, Borough Librarian at Wigan, in which he gives a list of the astronomical books in that Library, together with particulars and a map of the eclipse track. The map seems to place Wigan too far from the zone of totality; it is placed five miles outside, but the map issued by the Ordnance Survey places it considerably closer. The author seems to be in error in saying that the eclipse of August 1999 will not be total in Cornwall; it is true that calculations have not yet been made using Brown's tables of the moon, but fairly trustworthy calculations indicate that the Lizard and several miles to the north of it will enjoy total eclipse.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 119, 794 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119794a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/119794a0