SOLAR ECLIPSE.
(British Official Wireless.) Received May 19, 8.5 a.m. RUGBY, May 18. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, intends to send . two members of its scientific staff, Messrs Jackson and Davidson, to observo the solar eclipse on August 31 from the town of Parent, in the Quebec Province of Canada, where totality will last about 100 seconds. Elaborate preparations nre being made for taking telescopic photographs of the corona and spectrum. Use will bo made of new infra-red sensitive plates which, by their high speed and freedom from fog, have opened out new possibilities in long-distance photography.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 143, 19 May 1932, Page 7
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96SOLAR ECLIPSE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 143, 19 May 1932, Page 7
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