It is not a far cry from notice of the corona to that of other accompaniments of a solar eclipse.
The next eclipse mentioned in the Chinese annals is also a solar eclipse, and appears to have taken place more than a thousand years later, namely in 776 B.
Wherever the penumbra falls there will be a solar eclipse of some kind, and the nearer the place is to the axis of the penumbra, the more nearly total will be the eclipse.
What kinds of solar eclipse would be produced by the new moon at Q?
In the case of a Solar eclipse it may be total, perhaps, in Africa, may be of six digits only in Spain, and of two only in England.
It is not easy to explain or define in words the circumstances which control the duration of a Solar eclipse, whereas in the case of a lunar eclipse the obscuration is the same in degree at all parts of the Earth where the Moon is visible.
A little reflection will enable you to form a clear idea of the situation of the sun, the moon, and the earth, at the time of a solar eclipse.
In a solar eclipse, the shadow of the moon travels over a portion of the earth, as the shadow of a small cloud, seen from an eminence in a clear day, rides along over hills and plains.
Or, when the moon covers the sun in a solar eclipse, could we see around her circumference a faint luminous ring, indicating that the sunlight shone through an aerial medium, we might likewise infer the existence of such a medium.
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