Eclipse meteorology and allied problems (U.S. Department of Agriculture).

BIGELOW Frank H.

Published by Washington, Government Printing Office, 1902, 1902

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4vo., 166 pp., ill. (32 charts), original wrappers; cover moderately faded; spine age-toned, short tears to the top , some loss (4 cm = 1 5/8?) to the bottom of the spine; internally clean and fine. This book contain a printed postcard (dated Aug 13 1902) from Smithsonian Institution (International Exchanges, Washington) to Henri Becquerel (the great physicist, Nobel laureate) which had ordered the book.Original edition, rare. "On observations of total solar eclipse, May 28, 1900, effects on weather, shadow bands, relation between solar and terrestrial meteorology, and reference formulas; with detailed data." Frank Hagar Bigelow (1851-1924) was professor of meteorology. See K. Lang, The Sun from Space, p. 77, 244. On Bigelow, see D. Alexander et al., A brief history of CME [Coronal Mass Ejections] science : "The potential role played by the magnetic field in the solar atmosphere was first suggested by Frank Bigelow in 1889 after noting that the structure of the solar minimum corona seen during the eclipse of 1878 displayed marked equatorial extensions, called 'streamers'. Bigelow(1890) noted that the coronal streamers had a strong resemblance to magnetic lines of force and proposed that the Sun must, in fact, be a large magnet.". Seller Inventory # 14903-S10

Bibliographic Details

Title: Eclipse meteorology and allied problems (U.S...

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office, 1902

Publication Date: 1902

Binding: Couverture souple

Condition: Bon

Edition: Edition originale