Report on the Total Solar Eclipse of April 6, 1875

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London, Trübner and Co., 1878, Paper wrappers.

[15] p., [6] plates of illustrations (5 plates of lithographs, and 1 with 6 collotypes of the eclipse). Comprises the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Part 1, 1878, no. 72 (p. 139-54 & plates 9-14). Landmark expedition to Siam, which included Franics Chit on site, to study eclipses with the use of a prismatic camera. This copy bears the pagination of the journal, but has been issued with its own wrappers.