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IN John Evelyn's “Diary”, under the date October 14, 1688, there is a record of an eclipse of the sun. Now it is quite true that an eclipse took place, but this was not visible in any part of Europe. The central line passed very far south, and even the limit of the partial phase came only a few degrees north of the equator near its farthest extension to the north and west.
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WESTLAND, C. A Non-Historical Eclipse. Nature 146, 718 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146718c0
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