Yorkshire. Passing Shadows
Series
- Series Name
- Topical Budget
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- [SUBTITLE]: "The patient labours of the Royal Observatory Camp at Giggleswick rewarded by a perfect view of the total eclipse." Two astronomers at work on some apparatus. Sir Frank Dyson, the Astronomer Royal, looking through a telescope, followed by several other observers. The eclipse beginning, clouds pass in front but the action is clearly visible. Five women and a girl watching through smoked glass, and a shot of the corona.
- Keywords
- Science and technology
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Frank W. Purnell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 52
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