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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
352 pages : 8 pages of photographs; 65 illustrations; 1 map ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Description
Documents the efforts of three scientists to observe the rare total solar eclipse of 1878, citing how the ambitions of James Craig Watson, Maria Mitchell, and Thomas Edison helped America's early pursuits as a scientific superpower.