Natural phenomenon wherein the Sun is obscured by the Moon

The crucifixion of Christ. Line engraving by J. Neeffs after P.P. Rubens, 16--.

Astronomy: a view of London in 1748, with diagrams of an eclipse. Engraving.

Astronomy: a diagram of an eclipse. Engraving by Seale.

Astronomy: observatories set up in the Nicobar Islands to photograph a solar eclipse, April 1875. Wood engraving, 1875.

Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon III on horseback with a smiling Queen Victoria, a flag-draped coffin, and a battle. Coloured lithograph, [c.1867?].

Astronomy: eclipses (top), and the Moon's passage around the Earth. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.

Astronomy: a map showing the paths of several eighteenth century eclipses over England. Engraving, 1787.

Astronomy: a terrestrial globe, with a device for projecting the shadow of the moon. Engraving [before 1764].

Astronomy: the corona of the sun, viewed during a total solar eclipse. Process print after a photograph, 1842.

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.

7 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Eclipses y cronología maya-mexicana / notas sobre una conferencia por Raúl Noriega.

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Solar eclipses

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Astronomy: eclipses (top), and the Moon's passage around the Earth. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.

The crucifixion of Christ. Line engraving by J. Neeffs after P.P. Rubens, 16--.

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.

Astronomy: a diagram of an eclipse. Engraving by Seale.

Eclipses y cronología maya-mexicana / notas sobre una conferencia por Raúl Noriega.

Solar eclipses

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Astronomy: eclipses (top), and the Moon's passage around the Earth. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.

The crucifixion of Christ. Line engraving by J. Neeffs after P.P. Rubens, 16--.

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.

Astronomy: a diagram of an eclipse. Engraving by Seale.

Eclipses y cronología maya-mexicana / notas sobre una conferencia por Raúl Noriega.

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