scholarly journals Total solar eclipse, 1905, August 29-30. Preliminary report of the observations made at Guelma, Algeria

1906 ◽  
Vol 77 (514) ◽  
pp. 56-76
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Total Solar Eclipse ◽  
The South ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
The North ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Grant

The expedition to which this report refers was one of those organised by the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society; it was supported by a grant made by the Government Grant Committee. Guelma was chosen for the site of the observations, as being an inland station between Sfax, which was selected for an expedition from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and Philippeville, which it was at first expected Sir Norman Lockyer would occupy. Guelma is 58 kilometres from Bona, 65 kilometres from Philippeville, 55 kilometres from the nearest coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it lies at a height of about 1200 feet above sea-level on the south side of the Valley of the Seybouze, amongst hills which range in height from about 3100 feet at 13 kilometres to the north, to about 4700 feet at 11 kilometres on the south, where lies the celebrated mountain, Mahouna, “the sleeping lady,” so called from the resemblance of its silhouette to the form of a woman. (For the position of the observing hut, see p. 59.)

scholarly journals Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900. Preliminary report of the expedition to the south limit of totality to obtain photographs of the flash spectrum in high solar latitudes

1901 ◽  
Vol 67 (435-441) ◽  
pp. 370-385 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
The South ◽  
Astronomical Society ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
The Government ◽  
Flash Spectrum ◽  
Government Grant

This expedition was one of those organised by the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society, funds being provided from a grant made by the Government Grant Committee. The following were the principal objects which I had in view in arranging the expedition:— To obtain a long series of photographs of the chromosphere and flash spectrum, including regions of the sun’s surface in mid-latitudes, and near one of the poles.

scholarly journals Total Solar Eclipse of 1901, May 17-18. Preliminary report of the observations made at Ayer Karoe, Sawah Loento, Sumatra

1902 ◽  
Vol 69 (451-458) ◽  
pp. 209-234
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Total Solar Eclipse ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Astronomical Society ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Grant

This expedition was one of those organised by the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee of the Royal Society and Royal Astronomical Society, funds being provided from a grant made by the Government Grant Committee. It was originally contemplated that the party should consist of Professor H. H. Turner and myself, and that we should occupy a station inland in Sumatra; but when the former found himself unable join in the expedition, it was decided not to appoint another observer in his stead, nor to fix upon the station to be occupied until there was an opportunity of learning about local conditions, on the spot.

I. Preliminary report of the joint solar eclipse committee of the Royal Society, the Royal Astronomical Society, and the solar physics committee on the observations of the solar eclipse of April 16, 1893

1894 ◽  
Vol 54 (326-330) ◽  
pp. 28-30
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Solar Physics ◽  
Astronomical Society ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
Complete Report ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Grant

The Joint Committee have requested me to make the following brief report on the observations of the Eclipse. This will be followed shortly by a more complete report. The Joint Committee was formed early in 1892, a grant of money was obtained from the Government Grant Fund of the Royal Society, and preparations were at once begun. After due consideration, it was decided to send out two observing expeditions, one to Fundium, on the Salum River, in Senegambia, and one to Pará-Curu, in the Province of Ceará, in the northern part of Brazil. With the exception of the work undertaken by Professor Thorpe, the whole of the observations were photographic. Three classes of work were undertaken at each station.

scholarly journals Total solar eclipse of 1898, January 22. Preliminary report on the observations made at Pulgaon, India

1899 ◽  
Vol 64 (402-411) ◽  
pp. 43-61 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Total Solar Eclipse ◽  
Considerable Reduction ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Grant

This expedition was one of those organised by the Joint Per­manent Eclipse Committee of the Royal Society and Royal Astro­nomical Society, funds being provided from a grant made by the Government Grant Committee. The observers are indebted to the Great Indian Peninsular Rail­way Company for the carriage of the instruments at reduced rates between Bombay and Pulgaon, and for a considerable reduction of fares to the observers for this journey.

Report on the expedition to Sahdol, Rewah State, Central India, to observe the total solar eclipse of 1898, January 22

1899 ◽  
Vol 64 (402-411) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Central India ◽  
Total Solar Eclipse ◽  
Astronomical Society ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Grant ◽  
A Site

1. This expedition was organised by the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee of the Royal Society and Royal Astronomical Society, funds being provided from a grant made the Government Grant Committe. The Government of India made excellent arrangements for the party, and the Surveyor-General of India with the staff of his Department rendered great service in selecting a site, clearing the jungle, establishing a camp, erecting the instruments, and in giving every assistance in the observations, for all of which the observers desire to tender their thanks.

scholarly journals Preliminary note on observations of the total solar eclipse of 1900 May 28, made at Santa Pola (casa del pleito), Spain

1901 ◽  
Vol 67 (435-441) ◽  
pp. 385-391
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Total Solar Eclipse ◽  
The South ◽  
Preliminary Note ◽  
Royal Observatory

I had again the honour of being nominated one of the observere for the Joint Eclipse Committee, the station allotted to me being at Santa Pola, on the south-east coast of Spain. On the 9th May I left Edinburgh, and sailed from Tilbury on the 11th in the Orient steamship “Oruba,” accompanied by Mr. Thomas Heath, First Assistant at the Edinburgh Royal Observatory. who was. going to Santa Pola to observe the eclipse on behalf of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

scholarly journals I. Report of the observations of the total solar eclipse of August 29, 1886, made at Carriacou

1887 ◽  
Vol 42 (251-257) ◽  
pp. 316-318
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Total Solar Eclipse ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
The West ◽  
The North

Carriacou is a small island situated about twenty miles to the north of the island of Grenada, the chief of the Windward group, and furnished an excellent site for the observation of the last solar eclipse. Most of the observers sent by the Eclipse Committee of the Royal Society to the West Indies in August of last year remained at Grenada, or on the small islands in its immediate vicinity, whilst Mr. Maunder and myself occupied the more distant northern station, where the totality was slightly diminished in duration. The work proposed for Mr. Maunder was to secure a series of photographs of the corona, with exposures of 40s. and under, and also to obtain two photographs of the spectrum of the corona with the longest exposures possible.

scholarly journals Total solar Eclipse of January 22, 1898. Preliminary report on observations made at Ghoglee, central provinces

1899 ◽  
Vol 64 (402-411) ◽  
pp. 21-26 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Total Solar Eclipse ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
Leave Of Absence ◽  
The University

In the month of August, 1897, I was invited by the Joint Permanenta Eclipse Committee to take part in observing the total solar eclipse which occurred in India on 22nd January of the present year. The preparation of the equipment, which will be described further on, was at once proceeded with, and by the sanction of the Univer­sity authorities and the Secretary for Scotland I was granted the necessary leave of absence from the University and the Royal Observatory.

scholarly journals Total eclipse of the Sun, 1905, August 30. Preliminary account of the observations made at Sfax, Tunisia

1906 ◽  
Vol 77 (514) ◽  
pp. 28-41
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Total Solar Eclipse ◽  
North Coast ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Total Eclipse ◽  
The North ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
Preliminary Account

An expedition to observe the total solar eclipse of August 30 having been sanctioned by the Admiralty, it was arranged, in concert with the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee, that a party from the Royal Observatory should make observations at Sfax, a town on the north coast of Africa, about 150 miles south of Tunis. The programme of observations consisted of photographs of the corona on various scales for coronal detail and streamers, and photographs of the spectrum of the corona and chromosphere. The observers from Greenwich who took part in the expedition were Sir William Christie, Mr. Dyson, and Mr. Davidson. Professor Sampson, Mr. J. J. Atkinson, and Captain Brett, D. S. O., generously volunteered their assistance and shared the work of erecting and adjusting the instruments as well as of the observations on the day of the eclipse.

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