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FINE weather in most parts of the country-favoured observation of this phenomenon. Great public interest was taken in the search for stars. Venus was seen with ease nearly everywhere, Mercury was also undoubtedly observed, and Vega was suspected at Oxford, though not seen by Mr. Mitchell at Mallaig, which is inside the zone of annularity. The lowering of temperature was marked, amounting to as much as 9° F. The diminution of light was striking, probably more so than if the sky had been partially covered with cumulus clouds. The light had the purplish hue that so often prevails in large eclipses; it doubtless arises from the absorption of the solar atmosphere, which is more noticeable in the region near the limb. Successful spectroscopic observations of the reversing layer and chromosphere were made by Profs. Fowler, Newall, and Sampson at Kensington, Cambridge, and Edinburgh respectively.
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CROMMELIN, A. The Annular Eclipse of April 8. Nature 107, 211–212 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107211a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107211a0