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New York Herald - July 30, 1878

The total eclipse of July 29, 1878, was a bonanza for scientists and astronomers, with even Thomas Edison traveling west to observe it. On July 30, the New York Herald published this late-breaking telegraph dispatch from the path of totality in Wyoming Territory. It describes the various experiments carried out by members of several expedition teams and their speculations on the nature of the Sun's corona. Edison, after his temporary observatory almost blew down in a wind storm, was able to measure the heat of the corona and one professor even claimed he observed the hypothetical planet Vulcan between Mercury and the Sun.

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New York Herald - July 30, 1878

New York Herald - July 30, 1878

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