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Empire and the Sun: Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)

Albion,  January, 2004  by Pasachoff, Jay M.

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Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. Empire and the Sun: Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions. (Writing Science.) Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. 2002. Pp. xii, 196. $21.95 paper. ISBN 0-8047-3926-9.

To see a total solar eclipse--with the bright sun disappearing from view in the middle of the day and a faint, pearly crown of light appearing--is perhaps the most dramatic and remarkable sight possible on Earth. Even today, increasing numbers of tourists come to total eclipses wherever they occur on Earth, since when dazzled at one eclipse, one comes back to the next and brings friends. ...

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