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IN NATURE for March 11, 1875, vol. xi. p. 365 a computation is given of this eclipse, based on an entry in the “Annales Fuldenses,” which runs thus: “Sol quoque in 4 kal. Novembris post horam nonam ita obscuratus est per dimidiam horam, ut stellæ in cœlo apparent, et omnes noctem sibi imminere putarent.”
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TAYLOR, C. Total Solar Eclipse of October 29, 878. Nature 37, 223–224 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037223a0
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