ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
OMSK I? V MILS DllKNCHlil) AND Cliil THE El'Clv OF GIG CfLESW-ICK. BY OAIU PIiESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, .June 29. Giggleswiek definitely goes down in history sis the only spot in this totality licit of the eclipse of the sun, thirty miles wide across England, where conditions were perfect. Two minutes before the eclipse when astronomers had given up hope, the clouds parted and there was practically a perfect view. The forty of the Hoyal party obtained splendid photographs with a lorty-five foot locus camera. Mo points out that the'total eclipse lasted exactly the period predicted, hut the actual beginning was three seconds late. Elsewhere, including London, it was a ghastly failure. Rain full in sheets at many favoured observatory posts.! Thousands were drenched and chilled but saw nothing. Certainly England has had no such amazing event for years. It seemed as though every body had gathered in every available open space, trusting to luck, which deserted them. Glggleswiek showed The whole country how to do things and will now retire into its accustomed seclusion for another two hundred vears.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 July 1927, Page 7
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183ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 July 1927, Page 7
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