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001468521 1001_ $$aHockey, Thomas A.,$$eauthor.
001468521 24510 $$aAmerica's first eclipse chasers :$$bstories of science, planet vulcan, quicksand, and the railroad boom /$$cThomas Hockey.
001468521 264_1 $$aCham, Switzerland :$$bSpringer,$$c2023.
001468521 300__ $$a1 online resource (240 pages) :$$billustrations (black and white, and color).
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001468521 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia
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001468521 4901_ $$aSpringer Praxis books in popular astronomy
001468521 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
001468521 5050_ $$aChapter 1. Introduction: The Rush of this Black Wing of Night -- Chapter 2. A TRANS-AMERICAN ECLIPSE -- Chapter 3. SOME LIGHT UPON THIS DARK SUBJECT -- Chapter 4. NAVY ASTRONOMERS 2,000 KILOMETERS ASHORE -- Chapter 5. THE VAST BLACK ORB -- Chapter 6. NEW ASTRONOMY IN THE OLD WEST -- Chapter 7. OBSERVING IN STYLE -- Chapter 8. MEETING OF THE GRAYHAIRS -- Chapter 9. Overhanging Monster Wings: The Philadelphia Photographic Corp -- Chapter 10. SURVEYING A SOLAR ECLIPSE -- Chapter 11. The Canadians: Toques on the Frontier -- Chapter 12. Chasing the Umbra through Time and Space -- Chapter 13. A DARKNESS THAT CAN BE FELT -- Chapter 14. STANDING OF THE EDGE LOOKING UP -- Chapter 15. VULCAN -- Chapter 16. AMERICANS IN TOTALITY -- Chapter 17. IN THE SHADOW OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER and EVEN THOUGHTLESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN HUSH . . . -- Chapter 18. FIRE CLOUD -- Chapter 19. WHAT DID IT ALL MEAN? -- Chapter 20. . . . AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT?.
001468521 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
001468521 520__ $$aIn 2017, over 200 million Americans witnessed the spectacular total eclipse of the Sun, and the 2024 eclipse is expected to draw even larger crowds. In anticipation of this upcoming event, this book takes us back in history over 150 years, telling the story of the nations first ever eclipse chasers. Our tale follows the chaotic journeys of scientists and amateur astronomers as they trekked across the western United States to view the rare phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. The fascinating story centers on the expeditions of the 1869 total eclipse, which took place during the turbulent age of the chimerical Planet Vulcan and Civil War Reconstruction. The protagonistsa motley crew featuring astronomical giants like Simon Newcomb and pioneering female astronomers like Maria Mitchellwere met with unanticipated dangers, mission-threatening accidents, and eccentric characters only the West could produce. Theirs is a story of astronomical proportions. Along the way, we will make several stops across the booming US railroad network, traveling from viewing sites as familiar as Des Moines, Iowa, to ones as distant and strange as newly acquired Alaska. From equipment failures and botched preparations to quicksand and apocalyptic comets, welcome to the wild, western world of solar eclipses.
001468521 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record.
001468521 650_0 $$aSolar eclipses$$xHistory$$vPopular works.
001468521 650_0 $$aAstronomy$$xObservations$$xHistory$$vPopular works.
001468521 655_0 $$aElectronic books.
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