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in displacing the spectral lines. So we must
go on, collecting data, until a time comes
when the meaning of all the facts can be
made clear.
Total Solar Eclipses .–During total so-
lar eclipses the time is so short, and the cir-
cumstances so impressive, that drawings of
the appearance could not always be trusted.
The red prominences of jagged form that
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