PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



* Report on the Expedition to Sahdol, Rewali State, Central 

 India, to observe the Total Solar Eclipse of 1898, Janu- 

 ary 22." By W. H. M. CHRISTIE, C.B., M.A., F.R.S., 

 Astronomer Royal, and Professor H. H. TURNER, M.A. ? 

 F.R.S. Received May 25, 1898. 



The Report is presented in three parts. 



Part I is a joint Report by the two observers. 



Part II is a separate Report by the Astronomer Royal ; and 



Part III is a separate Report by Professor Turner. 



PART I. 



1. This expedition was organised by the Joint Permanent Eclipse 

 Committee of the Royal Society and Royal Astronomical Society, 

 funds being provided from a grant made by the Government Grant 

 Committee. 



The Government of India made excellent arrangements for the 

 party, and the Survey or- General of India with the staff of his De- 

 partment rendered great service in selecting a site, clearing the 

 jungle, establishing a camp, erecting the instruments, and in giving 

 every assistance in the observations, for all of which the observers 

 desire to tender their thanks. 



The observers are also indebted to the Great Indian Peninsular 

 Railway, the Bengal and Nagpur Railway, and the East Indian 

 Railway for great liberality in granting facilities and in making 

 special arrangements for the safe conveyance of their instruments 

 from Bombay to Sahdol. 



2. Personnel. The following persons took part in the expedition : 



W. H. M. Christie, M.A., F.R.S., Astronomer Royal. 



H. H. Turner, M.A., F.R.S., Savilian Professor of Astronomy at 



Oxford. 

 Harold A. H. Christie, who gave the exposures throughout the 



eclipse for the Astronomer Royal. 



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