The Story of Eclipses

CONTENTS.

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	INTRODUCTION	9
II.	GENERAL IDEAS	11
III.	THE SAROS AND THE PERIODICITY OF ECLIPSES	18
IV.	MISCELLANEOUS THEORETICAL MATTERS CONNECTED WITH ECLIPSES OF THE SUN (CHIEFLY)	34
V.	WHAT IS OBSERVED DURING THE EARLIER STAGES OF AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN	40
	The Moon’s Shadow and the Darkness it causes	41
	Shadow Bands	46
	The Approach of Totality	49
	The Darkness of Totality	53
	Meteorological and other effects	54
VI.	WHAT IS OBSERVED DURING THE TOTAL PHASE OF AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN	56
	Baily’s Beads	57
	The Corona	62
VII.	WHAT IS OBSERVED AFTER THE TOTAL PHASE OF AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN IS AT AN END	73
VIII.	ECLIPSES OF THE SUN MENTIONED IN HISTORY—CHINESE	75
IX.	ARE ECLIPSES ALLUDED TO IN THE BIBLE	86
X.	ECLIPSES MENTIONED IN HISTORY—CLASSICAL	107
XI.	ECLIPSES MENTIONED IN HISTORY—THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST	128
XII.	ECLIPSES MENTIONED IN HISTORY—MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN	145
XIII.	ECLIPSES MENTIONED IN HISTORY—NINETEENTH CENTURY	162
XIV.	THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH AS APPLIED TO ECLIPSES OF THE SUN	179
XV.	ECLIPSES OF THE MOON—GENERAL PRINCIPLES	186
XVI.	ECLIPSES OF THE MOON MENTIONED IN HISTORY	197
XVII.	CATALOGUES OF ECLIPSES: AND THEIR CALCULATION	218
XVIII.	STRANGE ECLIPSE CUSTOMS	224
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