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" A few seconds before the commencement of the totality, the stars burst out, and surrounding the dark Moon on all sides is seen a glorious halo, generally of a silver-white light; this is called the Corona. It is slightly radiated in structure, and extends... "
Contributions to Solar Physics: I. A Popular Account of Inquiries Into the ... - Page 76
by Sir Norman Lockyer - 1874 - 676 pages
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MacMillan's Magazine, Volume 18

Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1868 - 570 pages
...hasten to roost ; flowers close; cocks crow; nor does the animal world escape the general excitement. Soon the stars burst out; and surrounding the dark...moon's edge, and appear to be shining through the 254 The Sun as a Type of the Material Universe. light of the corona. In some eclipses parts of the...
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Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volume 9

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 276 pages
...assume a livid hue ; flowers close, cocks crow, the animal world sharing in the general excitement. Soon the stars burst out, and surrounding the dark...and appear to be shining through the light of the No. 67. 9 corona When the totality has commenced, apparently close to the edge of the moon, and therefore...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Volumes 9-10

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1870 - 526 pages
...assume a livid hue ; flowers close, cocks crow, the animal world sharing in the general excitement. Soon the stars burst out, and surrounding the dark...and appear to be shining through the light of the No. 67. 9 corona. .... When the totality has commenced, apparently closeto the edge of the moon, and...
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Elementary Lessons in Astronomy

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1871 - 464 pages
...seems frightened out of its usual propriety. 246. A few seconds before the commencement of the totality the stars burst out ; and surrounding the dark Moon...extends sometimes beyond the Moon to a distance equal to our satellite's diameter. Besides this, rays of light, called aigrettes, diverge from the Moon's edge,...
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Elements of Astronomy: Accompanied with Numerous Illustrations, a Colored ...

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1874 - 332 pages
...frightened out of its usual propriety. 249. A few seconds before the commencement of the totality, the stars burst out, and surrounding the dark Moon...radiated in structure, and extends sometimes beyond the 131 Moon to a distance equal to our satellite's diameter. Besides this, rays of light, called Aigrettes,...
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The Irish monthly magazine [afterw.] The Irish monthly, Volume 1

1879 - 684 pages
...dealing with the chromophen has but to be carried out by mechanical contrivance to reach even to this the dark moon on all sides is seen a glorious halo, generally of a silver white light. It is slightly radiated in structure, and extends sometimes beyond the moon to...
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Elements of Astronomy: Accompanied with Numerous Illustrations, a Colored ...

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1880 - 330 pages
...frightened out of its usual propriety. 249. A few seconds before the commencement of the totality, the stars burst out, and surrounding the dark Moon...extends sometimes beyond the Moon to a distance equal to our satellite's diameter. Besides this, rays of light, called Aigrettes, diverge from the Moon's edge,...
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Elements of Astronomy: Accompanied with Numerous Illustrations, a Colored ...

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1880 - 332 pages
...frightened out of its usual propriety. 249. A few seconds before the commencement of the totality, the stars burst out, and surrounding the dark Moon...slightly radiated in structure, and extends sometimes beyond-tbe eclipses take place ? After how long an interval ? What is th'is interval called ? 248....
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The Heavenly Bodies: Their Nature and Habitability

William Miller - 1883 - 376 pages
...awe-inspiring sights it is possible for man to witness. All nature conspires to make it strange and unearthly. Soon the stars burst out, and surrounding the dark...all sides is seen a glorious halo, generally of a silver white light ; this is called the Corona. It is slightly radiated in structure, and extends sometimes...
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The Heavenly Bodies: Their Nature and Habitability

William Miller - 1883 - 378 pages
...out, and surrounding the dark Moon on all sides is seen a glorious halo, generally of a silver white light ; this is called the Corona. It is slightly...and extends sometimes beyond the Moon to a distance equnl to her diameter. Besides this, rays of light, called aigrettes, diverge from the Moon's edge,...
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