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connected with these prominences, though the relationship of some of 

 them to the solar poles was abundantly manifest. 



After Totality. Results. 



Comparing notes after totality, all observers reported a successful 

 carrying out of the programme. The greatest interest centers in the 

 direct coronal negatives taken with the 135-foot telescope. Mr. Smillie 

 exposed six 30 x 30 plates during totality, with times ranging from one 

 half a second to sixteen seconds, and three others were exposed by him 

 immediately after the third contact. 



At this writing only a part of the negatives taken have been devel- 

 oped. Their general quality may be inferred from the examples here 

 given, after due allowance for the great loss suffered by translation onto 

 paper even with the best care. 



Fig. 1 is a view taken with one of the smaller objectives (6 inches), 



, Fig. 2. Prominences on Southwest Limb of sin. Taken with 12 incii Lens of 135 feet 

 Focus. 8 Seconds Exposure. 



given here to afford the reader an idea of the general disposition of the 

 coronal light. The upper part is the vertex in the inverted field. 



Fig. 2 is a portion of one of the great 15-inch circular images ob- 

 tained with the 135-foot focus telescope. It was obtained in the great 

 disc in the last exposure during totality of 8 seconds, showing one of 

 the principal prominences then on the sun's dies, with the disposition 

 of the lower filaments near it. 



Fig. 3 is a portion of one of the same set of plates, but taken with 

 a lG-second exposure. The part near the sun has, of course, been in- 

 tentionally over-exposed, in order to better exhibit the remarkable polar 

 streamers, extending here to a distance of about six minutes from the 

 sun, but seen still further in Mr. Child's telescopic drawing (not given.) 



Fig. 4 is a view of a small part of the great apparatus on the field, 

 including the terminus of the horizontal tube with its canvas covering, 

 which has been described as like an extended 'A' tent. The photo- 

 graphic room is seen at the end of the tube, and beyond that the tube 



