Solar eclipse of August 1887 flower sparking public unrest

sparking public unrest

Lenny Davidson and Dave Clark

A forested landscape behind

Horse drawn carriages and buses shown in congestion at The Strand

Solar eclipse of August 1887 flower sparking public unrestEight photographs of the total solar eclipse visible in Russia on 7 August 1889. Observations made from various locations in the Urals and Siberia. Extra illustrations pasted before the title page of the book Eclipse totale du soleil Aout, 1887. issued in Russian [title page also in French] by the Socit physico chimique Russe (St, Petersburg, 1889) Each photograph is captioned below with its place of origin: 'Polock'; 'Petrowski'; 'Juriewetz';