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Glass Positive - 'Solar Eclipse and Corona Prominences', 1870s
Reg. No: MM 112819
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- Summary:
- Glass slide of an image of a solar eclipse and prominences, reproduced from the book 'The Story of the Sun' by Sir Robert S. Ball (1840-1913), published circa 1893. It is part of a collection of eighteen astronomical black and white photographic lantern slides and glass negatives.
- Description:
- Black and white glass slide.
- Description Of Content:
- Image of the sun showing a solar eclipse and prominences.
- Acknowledgement:
- Source: Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 107 mm (Height), 82 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | eclipses, astronomy, observatories, stars, lantern slides, photography |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection |
| Primary Classification: | ASTRONOMY |
| Secondary Classification: | Research |
| Tertiary Classification: | observational photographs |
| Inscriptions: | Hand written in black ink on a white label attached to glass: '231' Text printed below image in negative: 'I. TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, 29th JULY, 1878 (Shumway), / II. CORONA PROMINENCES AND CHROMOSPHERE IN THE ECLIPSE OF 1871.' |
| Format: | Glass Slide: Black & White |
| Date Depicted: | 1870s |
| Date Manufactured: | circa 1920s of Slide |
| Other Association (See Comments): | Sir Robert Ball, circa 1893 Author of the book 'The Story of the Sun' in which the image on the photographic plate appeared. |
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