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The greatest earthquake on record occurred November 
1st, 1755, causing great damage and loss of life, extending 
over all Spain, throughout other parts of Kurope to Scot- 
land, North Africa, and in one of the towns of Morocco 
10,000 people perished. Six hundred feet of water was 
afterwards found where the quay stood at Lisbon; the 
effects of the wave were noticed far out to sea; it swept the 
whole coast of Spain, Portugal, Madeira and across the 
Atlantic and both shores of the West Indies. 
In March the Tokio correspondent of the Daily Telegraph 
- reported that in the earthquake at Formosa thousands of 
people were killed. The whole island was shaken, and 
several towns were completely destroyed. The damage 
was estimated at £9,000,000. In one district alone 1,000 
persons were killed and 700 injured. 
The Total Eclipse of the Sun on August 30th, 1905.— 
This event excited much interest amongst astronomers in 
the northern hemisphere, and all who could take part did 
their best to record the various phenomena. Unfortunately 
many were disappointed by the cloudy state of the weather 
during the few minutes (3°6) that the period of totality 
lasted. The following gives an outline of the various 
parties’ experiences :— 
The westerly end of the line of totality at Labrador was 
cloudy. Sir W. Macgregor, Governor of Newfoundland, 
and EK. W. Maunder were at Canada under Dr. King at 
Hamilton Inlet. At Burgos in Spain, the overcast sky 
greatly interfered, but some photographs of the corona 
were taken through broken clouds. At Oropesa, east coast 
of Spain, Professor Callendar of the Royal College of Science 
was unfortunately entirely shut out by clouds from taking 
any observations. ‘Torreblanca, only a little north of 
Oropesa, had quite clear sky, and the observer describes 
the corona as being very bright and with clearly defined 
