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SIR NORMAN LOCKYER AND OTHERS ON THE 
12 hrs. 23 min. —“ F ” line bright and short. Confirmed by Sir Noemax Lockyer. 
“ F ” line commenced to extend over bright limb of sun, and continued well visible. 
At call—10 minutes before Totality. —“F” bright and short, beyond the edge of 
moon, “ F ” becoming much longer; seen clearly also over the bright crescent of the 
sun. No other bright lines visible. “ F ” long and bright, 
7 minutes before Totality. —“ F ” bright and shorter on faint continuous spectrum, 
with usual Frauidiofer lines. No other bright lines visible. 
Iron lines looked for particularly, ljut not seen. Carbon-gree]r bands looked for 
particularly, but not seen. 
“ F” can be seen bright on the disappearing crescent of the sun. 
“ F” becoming decidedly brighter. 
“ F ” long and bright. 
No other bright lines visible. 
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Call 5 minutes before Totality. —“ F” bright; also distinctly bright on crescent of 
the sun. 
“ F” brighter near the sun, also bright heyond the moon. At this time the bright 
“F” line was again confirmed by Sir Norman Lockyer, and was the only bright 
line seen by him. 
4 minutes [about) before Totality. —“ F” bright and long. 
Magnesium (“ b”) distinctly bright. 
“ F ” is much brighter than “ 6.” 
Call 3 minutes before Totality. —“F ” bright and long. 
Magnesium (6) bright and long. 
Magnesium and “ F” continue bright and long. 
From 2 ^0 1 minutes before totality close to point of disappearing crescent. 
4871 Iron line (Angstrom) rather long and bright. 
4890 
4918 
4956-5 
?) 
bright. 
not clearly seen, but apparently a line at that place, 
bright. 
Just before call of—■ 
1 minute befoie totality I saw 4871, 4890, and 4956-5 iron lines distinctly bright at 
jDoint of disappearing crescent of sun. No enhanced iron lines at 4924 and 5018 
could be seen. 
At call 1 minute before totality I reported “ F” continues very bright. 
Call of ''Go” for totality, or 127 seconds call, the slit was removed from its 
former position, and placed tangentially on the “ inner” corona east of equator of the 
sun by Mr. Steel. In passing along the edge of the dark moon eight or nine bright 
lines at least flaslied into the spectrum between “ F ” and “ 6,” most of them being in 
the half of tlie field nearer to “ F.” They were, however, visible for only a few 
seconds, and appeared to “ flash ” in rather tlian remain steady, and they practically 
