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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