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LOCKYER, J. NORMAN. The Total Solar Eclipse of August 9, 1896. Report on the Expedition to Kiö Island.
London:, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner,, 1897.. Paperback. A Fine Offprint in Original Printed Wrappers from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series a, Vol. 190 (1897) Pp. 1 - 21. 4to. With Errata Slip. Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920) was a renowned British astronomer. He used spectroscopy to assess the composition of the sun and thereby discovered an unknown element which he called 'Helium". To improve communications among scientists he established the journal 'Nature' in 1869.
Offered for US$ 70.00 by: By The Book, LC - Book number: 27946