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Reading Nature, Observing Science : Examining Material Practices in the Lick Observatory Archives and Kenneth S. Norris Papers
Main Menu
Introduction to the Lick Observatory Archives
The Lick Observatory: Imaging the Cosmos
The Lick Observatory: Eclipse Expeditions
Eclipse Intro page (first in a path)
Introduction to Kenneth S. Norris Papers
Kenneth S. Norris Papers: Natural History in Practice
Kenneth S. Norris Papers: Pedagogy and Conservation
Connections: In Relation to Nature
These images demonstrate the different constructions of nature in the two archives
Connections: Materials of Observation
Visualization of the Connections
Visualizes the connections between all the content
Reading Nature, Observing Science
Captions and information for the cases of objects on display at UCSC Special Collections
Alex Moore
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Christine Turk
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Danielle Crawford
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Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_UnknownEclipse007.jpg
2016-05-11T22:14:55-07:00
Craig Dietrich
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Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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Alex Moore
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Alex Moore
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Case 4: Eclipse Expeditions in Context
Alex Moore
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The photographs and prints gathered in this case pertain to the eclipse expedition program that the Lick astronomers undertook between 1889 and 1932. For the majority of these journeys, the astronomers used a 40ft portable camera designed by J. M. Schaeberle. The images displayed here foreground three themes suggested by the archive: understanding the sun, onsite labour, and the importance of framing.
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Bartlett Springs eclipse site, photographer unknown, Bartlett Springs, CA, 1889
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Bartlett Springs, CA, 1889
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Group of Sun Spots and Veiled Spots, E.L. Trouvelot, 1875
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Illustration of Sun Spots by E.L. Trouvelot, 1875
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Solar prominence, undated
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Solar prominence, originally labeled solar flare
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Working with a glass plate, Wallal, 1922
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Working with a glass plate and the base of the Schaeberle Camera, photographed by E.S. Mitchell, Wallal, 1922
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Solar eruption sequence, undated
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Undated glass positive of a solar eruption sequence
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Inner Corona, photographed by W.H. Wright, Fryeburg, 1932
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Inner Corona, photographed by W.H. Wright, Fryeburg, 1932
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Polar Axis and other equipment, Padang, 1901
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Prominences enlarged 13 times, taken by W.H. Wright, Fryeburg, 1932
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Prominences enlarged 13 times, taken by W.H. Wright, Fryeburg, 1932
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Workers making thatching for the instrument shelters, Flint Island, 1908.
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Newspaper clipping showing Flint Island plantation workers weaving materials for the instrument shelters, 1908.
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40ft camera, Jeur, India, 1898
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At Jeur, India, the Schaeberle telescope was contructed out of teak and cotton. A team of British missionaries (shown here) were recruited to help with the telescope's operation.
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Women washing dishes, Wallal, 1922
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Life at the Wallal Camp, 1922
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Mrs Campbell at the polar axis, Wallal, 1922
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Mrs Campbell at the polar axis, taken by E.S. Mitchell, Wallal, 1922
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Rehearsal of eclipse program, unknown photographer, Wallal, 1922
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Because each eclipse lasts for only a minute or two, the process of using all the equipment had to be carefully rehearsed in advance. Wallal, 1922.
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Page from Elizabeth Campbell's Russian Eclipse Album, 1914
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A selection of images from Elizabeth Campbell's photo album documenting life at the eclipse camp in Brovary, Russia, 1914
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media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_Possibly Cartwright.jpg
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Eclipse camp, Cartwright, 1905
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Site at Cartwright, Labrador, 1905. Documenting the same eclipse as the camps at Alhalma de Aragon, Spain, and Aswan, Egypt.
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Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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Working at the base of the 40ft camera, Wallal, 1922
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Working at the base of the 40ft camera, Wallal, 1922
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Sketch of the solar corona, undated
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A sketch of the solar corona
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View of the Schaeberle Camera at Padang, 1901
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View of the Schaeberle Camera at Padang, 1901
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Schaeberle Camera at Padang, second view, 1901
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Second view of the 40ft Camera at Padang, Indonesia (then Sumatra), 1901
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Second view of 40 ft camera in Aswan, Egypt, 1905
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40 ft camera and equipment in Aswan, Egypt, 1905
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40 ft camera in Aswan, Egypt, 1905
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40 ft Camera in Aswan, Egypt, 1905
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Wallal Eclipse, 1922
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Wallal Eclipse, 1922
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Case 4: Understanding the Sun
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Key theme in Case 4
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Case 4: Onsite Labor
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Key theme for Case 4
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Case 4: The Importance of Framing
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Key theme in Case 4
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Alex Moore
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Onsite labor
Alex Moore
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At each site, months of labor--from the unloading of cargo and washing of dishes to the construction of the Schaeberle instrument and its precisely timed manipulation--went into the production of the final images.
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Alex Moore
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Rehearsal of eclipse program, unknown photographer, Wallal, 1922
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Because each eclipse lasts for only a minute or two, the process of using all the equipment had to be carefully rehearsed in advance. Wallal, 1922.
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Working with a glass plate, Wallal, 1922
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Working with a glass plate and the base of the Schaeberle Camera, photographed by E.S. Mitchell, Wallal, 1922
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media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_UnknownEclipse007.jpg
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Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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Mrs Campbell at the polar axis, Wallal, 1922
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Mrs Campbell at the polar axis, taken by E.S. Mitchell, Wallal, 1922
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Loading equipment for Thomaston eclipse site, New Orleans, 1900
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Loading equipment for Thomaston eclipse site, New Orleans, 1900
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Working at the base of the 40ft camera, Wallal, 1922
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Working at the base of the 40ft camera, Wallal, 1922
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Site Plan, GA, 1900
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Hand drawn plan for the eclipse viewing site at Thomaston, GA, 1900
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Craig Dietrich
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Map of Eclipse Expedition Sites
Alex Moore
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google_maps
2016-06-10T17:24:18-07:00
Alex Moore
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media/UA36/MS268_Bx1_Flint004.jpg
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Workers making thatching for the instrument shelters, Flint Island, 1908.
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Newspaper clipping showing Flint Island plantation workers weaving materials for the instrument shelters, 1908.
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media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_FryeburgInnerCorona007.jpg
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Inner Corona, photographed by W.H. Wright, Fryeburg, 1932
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Inner Corona, photographed by W.H. Wright, Fryeburg, 1932
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40 ft camera in Aswan, Egypt, 1905
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40 ft Camera in Aswan, Egypt, 1905
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Working with a glass plate, Wallal, 1922
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Working with a glass plate and the base of the Schaeberle Camera, photographed by E.S. Mitchell, Wallal, 1922
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Second view of 40 ft camera in Aswan, Egypt, 1905
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40 ft camera and equipment in Aswan, Egypt, 1905
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Rehearsal of eclipse program, unknown photographer, Wallal, 1922
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Because each eclipse lasts for only a minute or two, the process of using all the equipment had to be carefully rehearsed in advance. Wallal, 1922.
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40ft camera, Jeur, India, 1898
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At Jeur, India, the Schaeberle telescope was contructed out of teak and cotton. A team of British missionaries (shown here) were recruited to help with the telescope's operation.
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Photograph of a sunspot, Charles Perrine, Lick Observatory, 1897
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Photograph of a sunspot, Charles Perrine, Lick Observatory, 1897
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Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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Chart of the 1889 eclipse, California
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This map shows the location of the Lick observation station at Bartlett Springs as well as the path of totality across Northern California.
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Mrs Campbell sitting upon a turtle, Flint Island, 1922
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Mrs Campbell sitting upon a turtle, Flint Island, 1922. She joined all the eclipse expeditions that her husband led.
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Mrs Campbell at the polar axis, Wallal, 1922
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Mrs Campbell at the polar axis, taken by E.S. Mitchell, Wallal, 1922
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Women washing dishes, Wallal, 1922
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Life at the Wallal Camp, 1922
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Bartlett Springs eclipse site, photographer unknown, Bartlett Springs, CA, 1889
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Bartlett Springs, CA, 1889
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Eclipse camp, Cartwright, 1905
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Site at Cartwright, Labrador, 1905. Documenting the same eclipse as the camps at Alhalma de Aragon, Spain, and Aswan, Egypt.
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Page from Elizabeth Campbell's Russian Eclipse Album, 1914
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A selection of images from Elizabeth Campbell's photo album documenting life at the eclipse camp in Brovary, Russia, 1914
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Eclipse camp, Wallal, 1922
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Eclipse camp, Wallal, 1922
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Site Plan, GA, 1900
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Hand drawn plan for the eclipse viewing site at Thomaston, GA, 1900
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View of the Schaeberle Camera at Padang, 1901
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View of the Schaeberle Camera at Padang, 1901
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40ft camera, Padang, Indonesia, 1901
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40ft camera, Padang, Indonesia, 1901
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Equipment at Camptonville, CA, 1930
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Equipment at Camptonville, CA, 1930
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Working at the base of the 40ft camera, Wallal, 1922
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Working at the base of the 40ft camera, Wallal, 1922
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40ft camera at Goldendale, WA, 1918
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Showing 40 ft camera, spectrographs and small telescopes and Einstein-Vulcan telescopes
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Loading equipment for Thomaston eclipse site, New Orleans, 1900
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Loading equipment for Thomaston eclipse site, New Orleans, 1900
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Prominences enlarged 13 times, taken by W.H. Wright, Fryeburg, 1932
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Prominences enlarged 13 times, taken by W.H. Wright, Fryeburg, 1932
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40ft camera at Thomaston, GA, 1900
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General view of the observing station.
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Einstein Plate, taken by W. W. Campbell, Wallal, 1922
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Plate used to prove Einstein's General Theory of Relativity
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Equipment at site, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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Equipment at site, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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Equipment on Mt Whitney, CA, 1909
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Equipment on Mt Whitney, CA, 1909
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Wallal Eclipse, 1922
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Wallal Eclipse, 1922
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Instruments in Fryeburg, ME, 1932
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Instruments in Fryeburg, ME, 1932
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Expedition marker, Wallal, 1922
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View from the Northeast
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40ft camera at Akkeshi Japan, 1896
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40ft camera at Akkeshi Japan, 1896
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Eclipse camp, Flint Island, 1908
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Eclipse camp, Flint Island, 1908
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Group on steamer for Wallal, 1922
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Mr and Mrs Campbell far right.
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Hand drawn plan of the eclipse camp, Thomaston, GA, 1901
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Hand drawn plan of the eclipse camp, Thomaston, GA, 1901
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40ft camera at Ensanada, Mexico, 1923
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40ft camera at Ensanada, Mexico, 1923
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Eclipse camp, Alhama de Aragon, Spain, 1905
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Eclipse camp, Alhama de Aragon, Spain, 1905
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Wallal Eclipse, 1922
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Wallal Eclipse, 1922
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15ft Einstein Camera, Wallal, 1922
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Camera used to take the images that proved Einstein's theory of General Relativity
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Polar Axis, GA, 1900
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Cameras and telescope mounted on polar axis
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40ft camera at Mina los Bronces, Chile, 1893
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Schaeberle (far right) with his volunteer crew on the day after the first use of the 40ft camera.
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Solar Corona, taken by J.M. Schaeberle, Chile, 1893
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Shows sun spots/flares
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View of entire camp, Fryeburg, ME
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Instruments L to R: Jumping film spectrograph, moving plate spectrograph, corona spectrograph, corona cameras
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Corona Spectrograph in Fryeburg
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Corona spectrograph for photographing the spectra of inner and outer cornoa. Operated by C.D. Shane and E.H. Fath
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Chart of path of 1900 Solar Eclipse
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Alex Moore
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Case 4: Onsite Labor
Alex Moore
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Key theme for Case 4
gallery
2016-06-07T15:41:44-07:00
Alex Moore
6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
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media/UA36/UA36_Bx392_Wallal020.jpg
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Rehearsal of eclipse program, unknown photographer, Wallal, 1922
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Because each eclipse lasts for only a minute or two, the process of using all the equipment had to be carefully rehearsed in advance. Wallal, 1922.
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Working with a glass plate, Wallal, 1922
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Working with a glass plate and the base of the Schaeberle Camera, photographed by E.S. Mitchell, Wallal, 1922
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Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 1900
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40ft camera, Jeur, India, 1898
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At Jeur, India, the Schaeberle telescope was contructed out of teak and cotton. A team of British missionaries (shown here) were recruited to help with the telescope's operation.
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Women washing dishes, Wallal, 1922
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Life at the Wallal Camp, 1922
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Working at the base of the 40ft camera, Wallal, 1922
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Working at the base of the 40ft camera, Wallal, 1922
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