American Eclipse

David Baron 2017 Hillsboro Shute Park 523.7809 Baron 2017

Well written and interesting, interleaved and episodic

• umbraphile since 1998
• researched at LOC Madison
• 1878 July 2, Northern Idaho 185s, Wyoming, Colorado (Pikes Peak, Denver) Texas. Louisiana 144s
• Rawlins Wyoming
  • James Craig Watson, claimed to find "Vulcan" and
  • Thomas Edison - Tasimeter, rubber rod pushes carbon button resistor in Wheatstone bridge, too sensitive to error
  • Henry and Anna Draper
• C. H. F. Peters, Watson competitor, showed that a 1/70th inch error in Watson's crude pointer system made "Vulcan" a well known star

• Maria Mitchell (muh-rye-uh) Vassar astronomer

  • Dr. Alida C. Avery in Denver

• 1873 Dr. Edward H. Clarke Sex in Education; or, A Fair Chance for The Girls

  • Claimed higher education damaged women
  • Am. Assn. Univ. Women surveyed 700+ alumnae, renowned statistician 1885 results: College did not harm women, evidence conclusive
• Henry and Anna Draper