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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...21?Total eclipse of the sun: at Niuaffoou ("Tin-Can") Island, Tonga Islands, Pacific Ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: Oct. 13, 1930 | 10/13/1930 | See Source »

...21?Total eclipse of the sun; at Niuafoou ("Tin-Can") Island, Tonga Islands, Pacific Ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: Oct. 6, 1930 | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

Next stop for astronomers seeking total solar eclipses: "Tin Can Island" on Oct. 21. This island, Niuafou, one of the Tonga group, is so called because mail is thrown from passing steamers in tin cans which native swimmers gather up. Since "Tin Can Island" is located in the South Pacific volcano belt near Fiji and Samoa, the astronomers may expect their instruments to be shaken by temblors which jostle the island almost daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Trotting Astronomers | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

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