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Commemorative mug celebrating the solar eclipse, 1999

1999

Colour print showing the corona around the Sun during a solar eclipse, 1870.

1870

Hand held solar viewer with dark glass filter and lignum vitae wood mount and turned handle

1750-1799

Small circle of deep red glass mounted in ivory frame to view solar eclipse

1850-1860

1999 Eclipse tea towel

1999

Circle of deep red glass (c.1850-60)

1850-1860

Aswan Dam under construction: Mohammed Ali Channel from Awad, During Eclipse, May 28th 1900

1900

1999 Eclipse postcard

1999

Glass positive photograph of total solar eclipse

1919

Solar eclipse photograph taken with the Kew Photoheliograph

1860

Norman Lockyer’s Seven-Prism Spectroscope and Eyepiece

1868

Direct vision hand held spectroscope by Browning

1867

Photograph of the instruments used by the British expedition when observing the 1919 total solar eclipse in Brazil.

1919

A lithograph depicting a solar eclipse, taken from a photograph, 1869

1869

The appearance of the total solar eclipse from Haradon Hill near Salisbury

1724

Coronal Thermopile, used by Hugh Longbourne Callendar, 1905

1900-1905

Map of Europe marked with the paths of totality for solar eclipses during the 20th century

1927

Commemorative post card by Celtic Scene, Fowey, celebrating the solar eclipse visible from Cornwall on August 11th, 1999. View shows St. Michael's Mount and a simulated solar eclipse in background.

Commemorative post card by Celtic Scene

1999

Commemorative post card by Headland Printers Ltd., celebrating the solar eclipse visible from Cornwall on August 11th, 1999.

Commemorative post card by Headland Printers Ltd.

1999

Photograph of solar eclipse taken in Spain, 1900-1910

Photograph of solar eclipse taken in Spain, 1900-1910

1900-1910

Stanford's solar viewer, a filter in the form of a pair of spectacles with dark brown mylar film, cardboard frames and instructions. Made by Swan Packaging Limited and supplied by Eclipsedirect, Birmingham, England for the solar eclipse visible over Britain on 11th August 1999.

Stanford's solar viewer

1998-1999

Stanford's solar viewer, a filter in the form of hand held spectacles with dark brown mylar film, cardboard mount and instructions. Made by Swan Packaging Limited and supplied by Eclipsedirect, Birmingham, England for the solar eclipse visible over Britain on 11th August 1999.

Stanford's solar viewer

1998-1999

Eclipse Shades, a filter in the form of a pair of spectacles with dark brown mylar film and cardboard frames. Made and distributed by Eclipse Shades Limited, England for the solar eclipse visible over Britain on 11th August 1999.

Eclipse Shades

1998-1999

Stanford's solar viewer, a filter in the form of a pair of spectacles with dark brown mylar film, cardboard frames and elastic thread to hold in place. Made by Swan Packaging Limited and supplied by Eclipsedirect, Birmingham, England for the solar eclipse visible over Britain on 11th August 1999.

Stanford's solar viewer

1998-1999

Engraved, hand coloured map of Europe showing the track of the solar eclipse of 1706: Eclipseos Solis Totalis cum mora d 12 Maji 1706 by J.G. Doppelmayr and S. Moolen. Engraved by P.Schenk, Amsterdam c1706.59x65cm.

Map of Europe showing the track of the solar eclipse of 1706

1706

Stanford's solar viewer, a filter in the form of hand held spectacles with aluminized mylar film, cardboard mount and instructions. Made by Swan Packaging Limited and supplied by Eclipsedirect, Birmingham, England for the solar eclipse visible over Britain on 11th August 1999.

Stanford's solar viewer

1998-1999

One of four diapositive photographs in passe partout frame showing the Sun at totality at the 1860 solar eclipse viewed from Northern Spain. Originals taken by Warren De La Rue using the Kew photoheliograph. The emulsion of the image has almost completely disintegrated except for a small portion.

Solar eclipse photograph taken with the Kew Photoheliograph

1860