ON THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, MAY 28, 1900. 
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(3.) Free-hand drawings without discs. 
The sketches made with discs agreed fairly well in each case. The mean sketches 
appended have been made with much care from the originals, and in the opinion of 
others besides myself very fairly represent the general results. 
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Fig. 3. Sketches of Corona. (1) With discs covering 3 minutes round Sun’s limb; (2) with discs 
covering G minutes ; (3) without discs. 
Sketches of Corona without Discs. 
Particulars as to the selection and training of the observers who made drawings of 
the corona as seen by the unaided eye have already been given. 
Observations of Inner Corona with the S^f inch Telescoiw. 
A telescope of 3^ inches aperature, Avith a magnilyiug power of thirty-six, mounted 
on a portable eipiatoiial stand, was employed Ijy Lieutenant Doughi'Y, If.N., in a 
searcli for minute coronal structure, such as tluit observed by Sir Norman Lockyer 
in the eclipse of 1871. His account of the observations was as folloAvs :— 
“ For tlie }nir])oses of description, 1 pro])ose to make the moon’s disc a clock face, 
12 o’clock being in the zenith. The corona ap])eared })erfectly wdiite except that the 
lov'er portion of the bright ring just after the commencement of trdality Avas of a 
rosy colour, as also was the upper portion just hefore the finish of totality. 1 noticed 
tlie folioAving red })roniinences. Tavo, straight and radial, very close togethei’, at 
12.30 o’clock. Tavo rather further apart and not so long at about 1.15. One at 
4.30. This prominence 1 lost sight of just before the end of totality. No detailed 
structure Avas visible from 1.30 to 4. 
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