Word: phenomenon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will not be obliged to "watch the eclipse through the windows of the examination rooms." Did it not occur to the faculty that some of those who have examinations at this time might quite reasonably prefer to witness a total eclipse rather than the more common and less interesting phenomenon of a partial eclipse? Personally, I feel fortunate to be free, but I sympathize with those interested in the eclipse...
...have passed, or have been crowded, from their diminishing reservations; for his vote is negligible and his taxes do not contribute largely to the treasury of the United States. This condition of things is a black mark on the American escutcheon, but it is unfortunately a fact. The same phenomenon in miniature may be observed nearer at home after a heavy fall of snow, in a comparison of the well cleared streets of the Backs Bay with chose of the North...
This action was taken in spite of the fact that no examinations will be held on January 24 in astronomy courses. It is believed to be the first time that the machinery of the University has been slowed up by a natural phenomenon of this nature...
This afternoon's lecture will be the first exposition at the University of the eclipse which will come on January 24. Professor Shapley plans to make an intensive study of the future phenomenon when it occurs. He will be assisted in this work by several associates who are already busy making preparations to photograph and make complete records of the eclipse. Professor Shapley plans to journey to an observatory in New York State inasmuch as there will be a total eclipse there, wheress only 99 per cent of the sun's surface will be covered when viewed from Cambridge...
...View. Armed only with a smoked glass, it is possible to see the disk of the sun gradually eclipsed by the moon. As more disappears, dusk comes on. Then it may be possible to see shadow bands playing across the land, a phenomenon the exact origin of which is not known. As the eclipse becomes almost complete, it may also be possible to see "Baily's beads." These are little spots of light coming through the valleys of the moon like strings of bright beads. This is as much as an observer in the region of partial eclipse can hope...