Texts about eclipses throughout history
- The Mayan Dresden CodexThe codex depicts hieroglyphs and numerals and figures, and contains ritual and divination calendars, calculations of the phases of Venus, eclipses of the sun and moon, instructions relating to new-year ceremonies, and descriptions of the locations of the Rain God, which culminate in a full-page miniature showing a great deluge. Consisting of 39 leaves, inscribed on both sides, and approximately 358 centimeters long, the manuscript originally was folded in an accordion-like manner. The chalk-coated writing material, amatl, is a paper-like matter produced from fig-tree fiber by means of soaking and beating.
- Catastrophe magnatum: or, The fall of monarchie. : A caveat to magistrates, deduced from the eclipse of the sunne, March 29. 1652. With a probable conjecture of the determination of the effects byCall Number: Rauner Special Collections, Rare Book BF1729.E34 C85 1652Publication Date: 1652
- A treatise of eclipses for 26 years commencing anno 1715. ending anno 1740. Wherein is contained, the beginning, middle and ending, the digits eclipsed ; together with the Types of those that will be visible at London: As also, the Position of Heaven at t byCall Number: Online ResourcePublication Date: 1717
- The New Hampshire Gazette - Friday July 29, 1757A special to the New Hampshire Gazette for Friday, July 29, 1757, discussing the phenomenon and how to view it " ...to prevent any frightful Chimeras, which may arise in the Minds of such as are unacquainted with such Phaenomena".
- A sermon containing reflections on the solar eclipse, which appeared on June 16, 1806 delivered on the Lord's day following byPublication Date: 1806Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.
The Total eclipse of the sun, January 1, 1889 : a report of the observations made by the Washington University eclipse party at Norman, California / Published by the Academy of science of St. Louis by Call Number: LCSF 523.78 W28t & Available OnlinePublication Date: 1891- A Vienna demotic papyrus on eclipse- and lunar-omina byCall Number: LCSF 523.38 P228xvPublication Date: 1959The original fragments of the papyrus are in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.
The Sun in Eclipse by Call Number: Online ResourceISBN: 3540761462Publication Date: 1997A total eclipse of the Sun is due in August 1999. It will attract alot of interest because - unusually - it will be visible in much of Europe and the UK. A total Solar Eclipse is always fascinating. This book is for everyone that wants to know 1. What a Solar Eclipse is 2. The phenomena one can expect to see 3. How to photograph an eclipse using a variety of methods 4. How to plan for an eclipse expedition. The book not only covers the 1999 eclipse but also past and future eclipses which we can look forward to. This book is also interesting to "armchair astronomers" as it contains alot of historical and anecdotal information. There's even a final chapter on "Eclipse Mishaps and Oddities" including the American eclipse expedition of 1780 that missed the total eclipse because they went to the wrong location!
Cosmic Phenomena by Call Number: Stacks QB500 .V3613 1999ISBN: 9781552094235Publication Date: 1999The first section of Cosmic Phenomena introduces us to the Great Comets, with special reference to the two most recent examples - Comet Hyakutake (1996) and Comet Hale-Bopp (1997) - and discusses the possibility of another Great Comet visiting the Earth's vicinity within the next few years. The second section looks at meteors, or "falling stars" as they are sometimes called, as well as some of the biggest meteor showers in history. The third section, dedicated to eclipses, provides striking images and descriptions of past eclipses as well as detailed charts and predictions on upcoming eclipses of both the sun and the moon. Cosmic Phenomena offers a gallery of more than 300 photographs, selected from the world's most famous observers and from private collections and institutions.- Total solar eclipse of 2008 August 01 byCall Number: Online ResourcePublication Date: 2007US Government Document published by NASA and the Goddard Space Flight Center
Eclipse: Journeys to the dark side of the moon by Call Number: Online ResourceISBN: 9780198795490Publication Date: 2017Eclipse - Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon explains why eclipses happen, reveals their role in history, literature and myth, and focuses on eclipse chasers, who travel with ecstatic fervour to some of the most inaccessible places on the globe to be present at the moment of totality. The book includes the author's quest to solve a 3000 years old mystery: how did the moon move backwards during a total solar eclipse, as claimed in the Book of Joshua? It is an inspirational tale: how a teacher and an eclipse inspired the author, aged eight, to a life in science, and a love affair with eclipses, which takes him to a war zone in the Western Sahara, to the South Pacific and the African bush. The tale comes full circle with another eight-year old boy - the author's grandson - at the 2017 great American eclipse.
