SERVED 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--MEDIAEVAL
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
XIX. ECLIPSES IN SHAKESPEARE AND THE POETS 229
XX. BRIEF HINTS TO OBSERVERS OF ECLIPSES 233
XXI. TRANSITS AND OCCULTATIONS 235
APPENDIX--INFORMATION RESPECTING THE TOTAL
ECLIPSE OF MAY 28, 1900, FOR TRAVELLERS VISITING
PORTUGAL AND SPAIN 239
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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FIG. 1. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, SEPTEMBER 7,
1858 _Frontispiece_
" 2. THEORY OF TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN 15
" 3. THEORY OF AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN 16
" 4. ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN 16
" 5. PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN 17
" 6. SHADOW BANDS 47
" 7. RAYS OF LIGHT SEEN DURING TOTALITY 49
" 8. BRUSHES OF LIGHT 57
" 9. "BAILY'S BEADS," FOUR STAGES, AT BRIEF
INTERVALS (MAY 15, 1836) 58
" 10. CORONA OF 1882. SUN-SPOT MAXIMUM 68
" 11. CORONA OF 1867. SUN-SPOT MINIMUM 70
" 12. ECLIPSE OF JAN. 11, 689 B.C. AT JERUSALEM 100
" 13. THEORY OF AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON
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