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...Shapley advised amateurs, who wish to observe the eclipse properly, to provide themselves with smoked glasses and an ordinary pair of field glasses. "Among the interesting things for which to watch," he continued, "are the directions shadow bands on the ground take...
...rapidly disappearing from American education in spite of everything that is being done to save it. This is the final body-blow, a wretched plot organized by enthusiastic students and professors of science, who hope to see the last defences of Greek and Latin blotted out in the shadow of the eclipse...
...should turn his eyes westward along the earth. He must be careful not to have looked at the sun too much even through smoked glasses, or he will be unable to see the most important developments. Suddenly sweeping in from the West at great speed* will come the great shadow. Without waiting for it to arrive, he should turn to the sun. It will be totally eclipsed...
...main things that scientists hope to learn from lay observations are the exact borders of the totality belt and the times of the arriving of the total shadow and its departure, to the nearest second. These will help to improve knowledge as to the exact path of the moon...
...shadow will travel at the rate of 60 miles an hour...