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I HAD the honour, two and a half years ago, of describing to you the total eclipse of the sun of December 22, 1889, which I had been to observe in the Salut Isles, French Guiana. In spite of very unfavourable atmospheric conditions I was then able to take some photographs of the phenomena and to measure the actinic intensity of the corona. Two years previously I had been to Russia to observe the eclipse of August 18, 1887, but the bad weather prevented any observations. If these expeditions did not succeed as well as I had hoped, they were at least useful in showing me all the difficulties to be met with in such undertakings, and of convincing me that if one wishes to thoroughly avail one's self of the precious moments during which the eclipse lasts, it is necessary to gain a large experience of these phenomena by omitting no opportunity of observing them, and by making a speciality of these expeditions. Therefore, after the eclipse of 1889 I determined to go to observe the following ec1ipe, that of the 16th of next April.
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The Approaching Eclipse of the Sun, April 16, 18931. Nature 47, 304–307 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/047304b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/047304b0