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Chinese Expedition in WWII to Observe the Total Solar Eclipse of 21 September, 1941
The Chinese Zijin Mountain Observatory sent an expedition to Lintao to observe this eclipse. The expedition team traveled 3200 kilometres and 43 days…
Dmitri Mendeleev's Expedition to Klin to Observe the Total Solar Eclipse of 19 August, 1887
The renowned Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev ascended in a hot balloon in a field near Klin to observe this eclipse. Despite that Mendeleev had never…