ON THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OP MAY 17, 1882, 
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Mr. Baillie’s drawing of the corona. 
Mr. Baillie accompanied the expedition and undertook to make a drawing of the 
corona during totality. Though little attention has been paid of late to pencil 
sketches made during eclipses, we yet venture to lay the present one before the 
Society, as it shows how much can really be done in so short a time by a skilled 
Mr. Baillie’s drawing of the corona. 
Fig. 1. 
draughtsman, who aims less at an artistic production than at the correct representation 
of w 7 hat he sees. Mr. Baillie’s drawing is of value as showing the relative extent of 
the corona as seen with the naked eye and as shown on the photographic plates. We 
can trace on Mr. Baillie’s drawing all the more important streamers, and they agree 
in length as well as can be expected with our photographs, thus showing that 
there was no perceptible difference in the extent of the visible and the photographic 
corona. This is confirmed by the remarks made by Professor Tacchini on the extent 
of the visible corona. 
The comet. 
Some of the observers noticed during totality a luminous streak of light present¬ 
ing exactly the appearance of a comet, which our photographs prove beyond doubt 
