Research Guides: Solar Eclipse Resources at NBLA: Books and Archival Materials

Books on Historical Eclipses

American Eclipse by David Baron
Call Number: KF BAR
ISBN: 9781631490163
Publication Date: 2017-06-06
Archives of the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak
Call Number: KF ARC
ISBN: 9780375421709
Publication Date: 2004-11-23
Einstein's Jury by Jeffrey Crelinsten
Call Number: C3:5 CRE
ISBN: 9780691123103
Publication Date: 2006-06-19
Used NBLA sources
Proving Einstein Right by S. James Gates; Cathie Pelletier
Call Number: H8:20 GAT
ISBN: 9781541762251
Publication Date: 2019-09-24
No Shadow of a Doubt by Daniel Kennefick
Call Number: H8:20 KEN
ISBN: 9780691183862
Publication Date: 2019-04-30

Historical Works and Accounts of Eclipses

Astronomy by Observation : an elementary text-book for high-schools and academies by Eliza A. Brown
Call Number: (Z) N8 BOW
Publication Date: 1890
Includes chapters on the sun and eclipses.

Also available online via HathiTrust.

The total eclipse of August 7, 1869 by Alfred Marshall Mayer
Call Number: (Z) N8 MAY:A vol. 2
Publication Date: 1836-1897
From the "Collected Reprints from the Journal of the Franklin Institution and the American Journal of Sciences and Arts"
Essays on astronomy: a series of papers on planets and meteors, the sun and sun-surrounding space, stars and star cloudlets; and a dissertation on the approaching transits of Venus. Preceded by a sketch of the life and works of Sir John Herschel. by Richard A. Proctor
Call Number: (Z) N8 PRO:A
Publication Date: 1872

Also available online via HathiTrust

Solar eclipses and the ionosphere. A symposium held under the auspices of the International Council of Scientific Unions, Mixed Commission on the Ionosphere, in London in August 1955 by W.J.G. Beynon and G.M. Brown, editors
Call Number: N2 BEY
Publication Date: 1956
Journal of atmospheric and terrestrial physics. Special supplement, v. 6
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, Second Revised Edition by Galileo Galilei; Stillman Drake (Translator); Albert Einstein (Foreword by)
Call Number: WE-20182444
ISBN: 9780520004504
Publication Date: 1953
Spectroscopic observations of the sun. No. II by Norman Lockyer, communicated by Dr. Sharpey...
Call Number: WE-20182742
Publication Date: 1869

Also available online via HathiTrust

Solar Eclipses in History and Culture

Eclipse : the celestial phenomenon which has changed the course of history

By Duncan Steel
Call Number: C3:1 STE | ISBN: 9780747273851 | Publication Date: 1999

Empire and the Sun

By Alex Soojung Kim Pang
Call Number: H8:19 PAN | ISBN: 9780804739252 | Publication Date: 2002-03-21

In the Shadow of the Moon

By Anthony Aveni
Call Number: KF AVE | ISBN: 9780300223194 | Publication Date: 2017-04-25

Mask of the Sun

By John Dvorak
Call Number: KF DVO | ISBN: 9781681773308 | Publication Date: 2017-03-07

Medieval Chronicles and the Rotation of the Earth

By Robert R. Newton
Call Number: KF NEW | ISBN: 0801814022 | Publication Date: 1995-03-01

Archival Materials

Home movie of William F. Meggers of solar eclipse expedition to Lund, Sweden June 1954
Call Number: AV 2017-2578; AR-614; AV V-1998 (15-24)
Publication Date: 1954
Home movie from physicist and solar spectroscopist William F. Meggers of his trip to see a solar eclipse in Lund, Sweden in June 1954 (Reel 9: 03:17-05:33). Forms part of the William F. Meggers home movies [motion picture] collection, 1927-1959.

C. G. Abbot intellectual autobiography, 1956, 1962. by Charles Greeley Abbot
Call Number: MB 2014-1259; 559
Publication Date: 1956
Unpublished autobiography and biographical sketches of astronomer Charles Abbot which details his 67 years at the Smithsonian Institution, including his association with Samuel P. Langley and work on solar eclipse expeditions.
Notes for an intellectual autobiography, 1962. by Harold D. Babcock
Call Number: MB 2014-1273; 18
Publication Date: 1962
The autobiography of astronomer Harold D. Babcock which includes discussion of his work on solar and spectral photography, solar magnetism, and solar eclipses.
Selected papers [microform], 1849-1908 by Charles A. Young
Call Number: MI87
Publication Date: 1849-1908
Microfilm copy of selected correspondence and materials from the papers of Charles A. Young which are held at Dartmouth College. Topics include solar spectroscopy, solar eclipses, solar rotational velocity, and spectroscopic application to planetary observation.

Eclipse Science and Guides

Your Guide to the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse by Michael Bakich
Call Number: C3:1 BAK
ISBN: 9783319276304
Publication Date: 2016-06-13
Totality: the Great American Eclipses of 2017 And 2024 by Mark Littmann; Fred Espenak
Call Number: C3:1 LIT
ISBN: 9780198795698
Publication Date: 2017-05-01
The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide by Jay M. Pasachoff; Michael A. Covington
Call Number: RA4:3 PAS
ISBN: 9780521456517
Publication Date: 1993-11-18
Eclipses of the Sun, 5th Edition by Samuel A. Mitchell
Call Number: KF MIT
Publication Date: 1969
Eclipses of the Sun, 4th Edition by Samuel A. Mitchell
Call Number: KF MIT
Publication Date: 1935

Children's Books

When the Sun Goes Dark by Andrew Fraknoi; Dennis Schatz
Call Number: N8 FRA
ISBN: 9781681400112
Publication Date: 2017-05-01
Eclipse 2017 by Mark Littmann
Call Number: C3:1 LIT
ISBN: 9781939909428
Publication Date: 2017-04-01

Other Historical Works on Eclipses (not at NBLA)

There are also several historical works and textbooks on solar eclipses in the public domain which have been digitized Below are a few of these works which we do not hold at the Niels Bohr Library & Archives, but are available online via HathiTrust Digital Library

The story of eclipses simply told for general readers, with especial reference to the total eclipse of the sun of May 28, 1900 by George F. Chambers
Call Number: HathiTrust Digital Library (NYPL)
Publication Date: 1900
A general guide to the history of eclipses with a focus on viewing the May 28, 1900 eclipse.
Total Eclipses of the Sun, New and Revised Edition with introduction by David P. Todd by Mabel Loomis Todd
Call Number: HathiTrust Digital Library (UC)
Publication Date: 1900
Introductory astronomy textbook on eclipses by science writer Mabel Loomis Todd and her husband astronomer David Todd, with a special focus on the May 28, 1900 Total Solar Eclipse.

Solar Eclipse Resources at NBLA: Books and Archival Materials

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