THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN AT FLINT ISLAND: PROFESSOR CAMPBELL’S CAMP.
The American party, under Professor Campbell, director of the famous Lick Observatory. California. U.'S.A., numbered twelve scientists, and was camped quite close to where Mr. McClean had pitched his tents. The largest camera used was a giant (which may be seen in the background), with a forty foot focus, giving an image of about four and a half inches on the photographic plate. All the Campbell party’s cameras were pointed direct at the sun, and in this lay the difference between the English and American methods.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 6, 8 February 1908, Page 4
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97THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN AT FLINT ISLAND: PROFESSOR CAMPBELL’S CAMP. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 6, 8 February 1908, Page 4
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