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The method of calculating an eclipse geometrically; with an example of the great eclipse of the sun, which will happen on April the 1st, between nine and ten in the Morning, 1764. The whole Process being fully laid down, and plainly demonstrated by a Copper-Plate of the whole Operation. By D. Fenning, Author of the Royal English Dictionary, Young Man's Book of Knowledge, Treatise on the Use of the Globes, Arithmetic, and the Ready Reckoner, &c. and John Probert, Master of the Academy, Cox's-Square, Spital-Fields.
Fenning, Daniel.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]
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Evolution and "the sex problem" : American narratives during the eclipse of Darwinism / Bert Bender.
Bender, Bert.Date: [2004], ©2004
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The eclipse of the state mental hospital : policy, stigma, and organization / George W. Dowdall.
Dowdall, George W.Date: [1996], ©1996
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Astronomy: the corona of the sun, viewed during a total solar eclipse. Process print after a photograph, 1878.
Date: 1878Reference: 46231i
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A description of the passage of the shadow of the moon over England in the total eclipse of the sun on the 11th day of May 1724 in the evening. Togather [sic] with the passage of the shadow as it was observ'd in the last total eclipse of 1715. By Dr. E. Halley.
Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.Date: [1723]
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The calculation of solar eclipses without parallaxes. With a specimen of the same in the total eclipse of the sun, May 11. 1724. Now first made Publick. To which is added, A Proposal how, with the Latitude given, the Geographical Longitude of all the Parts of the Earth may be settled by the bare Knowledge of the Duration of Solar Eclipses, and especially of Total Darkness. With An Account of some late Observations made with Dipping Needles, in order to discover the Longitude and Latitude at Sea. By Will. Whiston, M. A. Sometime Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: 1724
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A treatise of eclipses for 26 years: commencing anno 1715. ending anno 1740. Wherein is contained, the beginning, middle and ending, the digits eclipsed ; together with the Types of those that will be visible at London: As also, the Position of Heaven at the middle time of each visible Eclipse, with an Astrological Judgment deduced from the same; with an account, of several great Conjunctions, &c. with the Time and Type of the Eclipse of the Planet Jupiter, Dec. 24. Anno 1715. all which I have most exactly Calculated from the best Tables extant; and for the Meridian of the famous City of London, whose Latitude is 51 deg. 32 min. North. By Charles Leadbetter.
Leadbetter, Charles, active 1728.Date: 1717
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The nature and construction of a solar eclipse explained and exemplified in that which will happen on April 1st, A.D. 1764. Containing, I. The geometrical construction of a general eclipse of the sun, exhibiting its phases and affections, by scale and compasses. II. The same by trigonometrical calculation. III. The construction and phases of a solar eclipse for any particular place, exemplified for the city of London. IV. Of the form and dimensions of the moon's dark shadow on the Earth's surface considered not as a sphere but as a spheroid. V. The method of exhibiting all the phases of a solar eclipse in the best manner, by a reflecting telescope, in a room not darkened. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]
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The eclipse of Darwinism : anti-Darwinian evolution theories in the decades around 1900 / Peter J. Bowler.
Bowler, Peter J.Date: [1983], ©1983
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A hue and cry after the eclipse: or, how the sun scorn'd to be jet-black.
Date: [1724?]
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A defence of the dissertation on the eclipse mentioned by Phlegon: Wherein is further shewn, That that Eclipse had no Relation to the darkness which happened at our Saviour's passion: And Mr. Whiston's Observations are particularly considered. By Arthur Ashley Sykes, D. D.
Sykes, Arthur Ashley, 1683 or 1684-1756.Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]
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A defence of the dissertation on the eclipse mentioned by Phlegon : wherein is further shewn that that eclipse had no relation to the darkness which happened at our Saviour's Passion and Mr. Whiston's observations are particularly considered / by Arthur Ashley Sykes.
Sykes, Arthur Ashley, 1683 or 1684-1756.Date: 1733
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Astronomy: the corona of the sun, viewed during a total solar eclipse. Process print after a photograph, 1871.
Date: 1871Reference: 46229i
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The use of the sector, in the construction of solar eclipses. Wherein, as a proper example, is contained, the construction of the great eclipse, which will happen May 11. 1724. For London, Edenburgh, Rome, and Genoa.
Date: 1721
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The use of the sector, in the construction of solar eclipses. Wherein, as a proper example, is contained, the construction of the great eclipse, which will happen May 11.1724. For London, Edenburgh, Rome, and Genoa.
Date: 1721
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An exact description of the total and visible eclipse of the moon August 29th. 1718 in the evening.
Date: [1718]
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The chemical revolution of the eighteenth century and the eclipse of alchemy in the 'Age of Enlightenment' / Maurice Crosland.
Crosland, Maurice PDate: 1990
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A description of the passage of the shadow of the moon over England as it was observed in the late total eclipse of the sun April 22d. 1715 manè.
Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.Date: [1715]
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A description of the passage of the shadow of the moon, over England, in the total eclipse of the sun, on the 22d. day of April 1715 in the morning.
Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.Date: [1715]
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The late eclipse unclasped: or the mistaken star-gazers unmasked : VVherein is manifested seven severall reasons whereby these astrolegers have deceived the people. / By a learned divine neere London.
Date: 1652
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A sermon occasion'd by the total eclipse of the sun, upon April the 22d, 1715. By Joseph Burroughs.
Burroughs, Joseph, 1685-1761.Date: M.DCC.XV. [1715]
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A sermon occasion'd by the total eclipse of the sun, upon April the 22d, 1715. By Joseph Burroughs.
Burroughs, Joseph, 1685-1761.Date: M.DCC.XV. [1715]
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Franco-Prussian War: in the siege of Paris. a surgeon of the Garde Nationale (formerly a professor at the Ecole de Médecine) meets an army surgeon, who is one of his former students. Coloured transfer lithograph by Draner (J. Renard), 1871.
Draner, 1833-1926.Date: [1871?]Reference: 21933i
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An account of some remarkable eclipses, and the effects observ'd to ensue thereupon : Being a translation from the Latin out of Alstedius's Thesaurus Chronologiæ, for the consideration of the English reader at this great eclipse of the sun, on the 13th. of September, 1699.
Alsted, Johann Heinrich, 1588-1638Date: [1699]
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Lettre escritte le 31. Juillet 1727. A Monsieur Mr Dortous de Mairan de l'Academie Royale des Sciences de Paris. / Par M. Bouillet ... ; au sujet de l'eclipse de soleil. qui doit arriver le 15. Septembere de cette année.
Bouillet, Jean, 1690-1777.Date: [1727]

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Evolution and "the sex problem" : American narratives during the eclipse of Darwinism / Bert Bender.

The eclipse of the state mental hospital : policy, stigma, and organization / George W. Dowdall.

Astronomy: the corona of the sun, viewed during a total solar eclipse. Process print after a photograph, 1878.

A description of the passage of the shadow of the moon over England in the total eclipse of the sun on the 11th day of May 1724 in the evening. Togather [sic] with the passage of the shadow as it was observ'd in the last total eclipse of 1715. By Dr. E. Halley.

The eclipse of Darwinism : anti-Darwinian evolution theories in the decades around 1900 / Peter J. Bowler.

A hue and cry after the eclipse: or, how the sun scorn'd to be jet-black.

A defence of the dissertation on the eclipse mentioned by Phlegon: Wherein is further shewn, That that Eclipse had no Relation to the darkness which happened at our Saviour's passion: And Mr. Whiston's Observations are particularly considered. By Arthur Ashley Sykes, D. D.

A defence of the dissertation on the eclipse mentioned by Phlegon : wherein is further shewn that that eclipse had no relation to the darkness which happened at our Saviour's Passion and Mr. Whiston's observations are particularly considered / by Arthur Ashley Sykes.

Astronomy: the corona of the sun, viewed during a total solar eclipse. Process print after a photograph, 1871.

The use of the sector, in the construction of solar eclipses. Wherein, as a proper example, is contained, the construction of the great eclipse, which will happen May 11. 1724. For London, Edenburgh, Rome, and Genoa.

The use of the sector, in the construction of solar eclipses. Wherein, as a proper example, is contained, the construction of the great eclipse, which will happen May 11.1724. For London, Edenburgh, Rome, and Genoa.

An exact description of the total and visible eclipse of the moon August 29th. 1718 in the evening.

The chemical revolution of the eighteenth century and the eclipse of alchemy in the 'Age of Enlightenment' / Maurice Crosland.

A description of the passage of the shadow of the moon over England as it was observed in the late total eclipse of the sun April 22d. 1715 manè.

A description of the passage of the shadow of the moon, over England, in the total eclipse of the sun, on the 22d. day of April 1715 in the morning.

The late eclipse unclasped: or the mistaken star-gazers unmasked : VVherein is manifested seven severall reasons whereby these astrolegers have deceived the people. / By a learned divine neere London.

A sermon occasion'd by the total eclipse of the sun, upon April the 22d, 1715. By Joseph Burroughs.

A sermon occasion'd by the total eclipse of the sun, upon April the 22d, 1715. By Joseph Burroughs.

Franco-Prussian War: in the siege of Paris. a surgeon of the Garde Nationale (formerly a professor at the Ecole de Médecine) meets an army surgeon, who is one of his former students. Coloured transfer lithograph by Draner (J. Renard), 1871.

An account of some remarkable eclipses, and the effects observ'd to ensue thereupon : Being a translation from the Latin out of Alstedius's Thesaurus Chronologiæ, for the consideration of the English reader at this great eclipse of the sun, on the 13th. of September, 1699.

Lettre escritte le 31. Juillet 1727. A Monsieur Mr Dortous de Mairan de l'Academie Royale des Sciences de Paris. / Par M. Bouillet ... ; au sujet de l'eclipse de soleil. qui doit arriver le 15. Septembere de cette année.