{"product_id":"2940015735345","title":"THE STORY OF ECLIPSES","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP.                                                       PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. INTRODUCTION                                            9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II. GENERAL IDEAS                                          11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III. THE SAROS AND THE PERIODICITY OF ECLIPSES              18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV. MISCELLANEOUS THEORETICAL MATTERS CONNECTED\u003cbr\u003e           WITH ECLIPSES OF THE SUN (CHIEFLY)                 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V. WHAT IS OBSERVED DURING THE EARLIER STAGES\u003cbr\u003e           OF AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN                           40\u003cbr\u003e         The Moon’s Shadow and the Darkness it causes         41\u003cbr\u003e         Shadow Bands                                         46\u003cbr\u003e         The Approach of Totality                             49\u003cbr\u003e         The Darkness of Totality                             53\u003cbr\u003e         Meteorological and other effects                     54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI. WHAT IS OBSERVED DURING THE TOTAL PHASE OF\u003cbr\u003e           AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN                              56\u003cbr\u003e         Baily’s Beads                                        57\u003cbr\u003e         The Corona                                           62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII. WHAT IS OBSERVED AFTER THE TOTAL PHASE OF\u003cbr\u003e           AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN IS AT AN END                 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII. ECLIPSES OF THE SUN MENTIONED IN HISTORY—CHINESE       75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX. ARE ECLIPSES ALLUDED TO IN THE BIBLE                   86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X. ECLIPSES MENTIONED IN HISTORY—CLASSICAL               107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI. ECLIPSES MENTIONED IN HISTORY—THE CHRISTIAN\u003cbr\u003e           ERA TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST                        128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII. ECLIPSES MENTIONED IN HISTORY—MEDIÆVAL\u003cbr\u003e           AND MODERN                                        145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIII. ECLIPSES MENTIONED IN HISTORY—NINETEENTH\u003cbr\u003e           CENTURY                                           162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH AS APPLIED TO ECLIPSES\u003cbr\u003e           OF THE SUN                                        179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XV. ECLIPSES OF THE MOON—GENERAL PRINCIPLES               186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI. ECLIPSES OF THE MOON MENTIONED IN HISTORY             197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVII. CATALOGUES OF ECLIPSES: AND THEIR CALCULATION         218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. STRANGE ECLIPSE CUSTOMS                               224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIX. ECLIPSES IN SHAKESPEARE AND THE POETS                 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XX. BRIEF HINTS TO OBSERVERS OF ECLIPSES                  233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXI. TRANSITS AND OCCULTATIONS                             235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX—INFORMATION RESPECTING THE TOTAL\u003cbr\u003eECLIPSE OF MAY 28, 1900, FOR TRAVELLERS VISITING\u003cbr\u003ePORTUGAL AND SPAIN                                           239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                        LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                            PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFIG. 1. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, SEPTEMBER 7,\u003cbr\u003e          1858                                    _Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"  2. THEORY OF TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN                    15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"  3. THEORY OF AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN               16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"  4. ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN                            16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"  5. PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN                            17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"  6. SHADOW BANDS                                          47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"  7. RAYS OF LIGHT SEEN DURING TOTALITY                    49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"  8. BRUSHES OF LIGHT                                      57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"  9. “BAILY’S BEADS,” FOUR STAGES, AT BRIEF\u003cbr\u003e          INTERVALS (MAY 15, 1836)                            58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \" 10. CORONA OF 1882. SUN-SPOT MAXIMUM                      68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \" 11. CORONA OF 1867. SUN-SPOT MINIMUM                      70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \" 12. ECLIPSE OF JAN. 11, 689 B.C. AT JERUSALEM            100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \" 13. THEORY OF AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON                     187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \" 14. CONDITIONS OF ECLIPSES OF THE MOON                   189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \" 15. OCCULTATION OF JUPITER, AUG. 7, 1889\u003cbr\u003e          (IMMERSION)                                        237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \" 16. OCCULTATION OF JUPITER, AUG. 7, 1889\u003cbr\u003e          (IMMERSION)                                        237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \" 17. OCCULTATION OF JUPITER, AUG. 7, 1889 (EMERSION)      238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \" 18. OCCULTATION OF JUPITER, AUG. 7, 1889 (EMERSION)      238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \" 19. PATH OF THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OF\u003cbr\u003e          MAY 28, 1900                         _at end of book._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                        THE STORY OF ECLIPSES.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146363617520,"sku":"2940015735345","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015735345","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}