Lord Lindsay's eclipse expedition, 1870. Two members of an eclipse expedition beside the telescope used to observe the eclipse. The expedition, led by

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Lord Lindsay's eclipse expedition, 1870. Two members of an eclipse expedition beside the telescope used to observe the eclipse. The expedition, led by Scottish astronomer James Ludovic Lindsay (1847-1913), travelled to Cadiz, Spain, to observe the total solar eclipse that took place on 22 December 1870.

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