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THE accompanying woodcut is a copy of a drawing made from the negative No. 5, taken at Syracuse during the Eclipse of the sun on Dec. 22 last. When viewed by transmitted light, the negative shows chiefly the portions indicated by the unshaded pans, and the red prominences; some parts of the first light shade can be seen, but the outer rays are altogether invisible. When, however, the plate is viewed by reflected light, the whole of the detail is distinctly seen. The negative was the last one taken; four others were exposed for the corona, but owing to the presence of cloud very little detail is visible.
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BROTHERS, A. The Eclipse Photographs . Nature 3, 327–328 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/003327e0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/003327e0