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TSE 1905 August 30 in Tunisia. “Mission Moreux”.

I always find the expeditions made between 1700 and 1900 around the world to study total solar eclipses quite fascinating. Often they were real adventures and it is always interesting to read the reports made by those who joined them. Here you can find the report, “en français”, written by Théophile Moreux in Sfax, Tunisie. Totality lasted 3m 30.6s.

BAA (British Astronomical Association) organised several expeditions. Reports available here.

2 thoughts on “TSE 1905 August 30 in Tunisia. “Mission Moreux”.”

  1. Hi
    Thank you for these new topics on eclipses which testify to the accuracy of UrukFSP’s calculations.
    Regarding the solar eclipse observed in Sfax, there is an article by Guillaume Bigourdan, astronomer at the Paris Observatory (in English) :
    Observations of the Solar Eclipse of August 30, 1905, at SFAX, Tunis, Africa
    Bigourdan, G. Journal: Popular Astronomy, vol. 14, pp.28-31, 1906
    here
    So I’m waiting for the new version and all its great improvements.
    Regards

  2. Author

    Hi,
    I had to enclose your link in a html tag because WordPress doesn’t like multiple dots into links. Interesting article, estimated duration of 3m 30s in Sfax computed by modern calculations seems to be confirmed.

    A.C.

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