audio:7268; APSdigrec_2209; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 04
Description
Copy made by Gerd Fraenkel of an original tape held at the Archives of Languages of the World, Indiana University. This program is from original tape 30.
Attempts prophetic explanation based on observation of the sun. Note on bottom indicates that this broadside sold for three pence. Includes an illustration: the figure of a man holding a flag and standing within the sun.
Details of the grand solar eclipse of October 26, 1753. Includes calculations as to what times various portions of the sun will be blocked (measured in "doigts") during the eclipse and instructions for observing it without eye damage. Also includes an illustration of the eclipse.
New analysis of the light of the solar spectrum by [Sir David] Brewster and Francesco Zantedeschi. Article extracted from the journal La Lumière, Review of Photography; Item call number: 500 Pam. v. 6, no. 35
Relates accounts and reproduces drawings of a parhelia by A. Jackson of Camden, Delaware, David Straughn of Milford, Delaware, and Thomas Oliver of Philadelphia. Correlates the reports of stormy weather in Pennsylvania (from meteorological records kept at the Franklin Institute) with the appearance of the astronomical phenomena. Includes two illustrated figures of the parhelia.; Item call number: Pam. v. 139, no. 6.