Solar eclipse diagram from the Frank Fisher Notes, 1882-1902
An index diagram from the Lick Observatory Photographs of the Solar Eclipse of January 1st 1889, drawn on July 1st 1892. The totality of this eclipse was visible across the western United States and central Canada. The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by the University of California and situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California.
Frank R. Fisher’s notes contain observations, drawings, and photographs relating to scientific studies, particularly astronomical observations made while Fisher was a resident in Charleston, SC during the 1880s. Fisher’s astronomical observations begin in Charleston in 1882 with the sighting of a comet. He also records his observations of the transit of Venus (1883), an aurora and sun spots (1892), and discusses new theories concerning Jupiter (1894) and the nature of the sun’s corona (1892).
Image from the Frank Fisher Notes, 1882-1902, held by the College of Charleston Libraries.
