by David Baron
viii “Fig. 1. Eclipse of the Moon,” from Guy’s Elements of Astronomy, and an Abridgment of Keith’s New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, 30th ed., 1845. Author collection.
xiii Sun and moon, from Total Eclipses of the Sun, by Mabel Loomis Todd, 1894. Courtesy of St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
xiv “The Path of the Eclipse,” from The Chicago Times, July 22, 1878. Courtesy of Library of Congress.
7 Centennial Year shield and banner logo, from invitation to the opening ceremonies of the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, May 10, 1876. Courtesy of Ian Brabner, Rare Americana.
10 “Machinery Hall from the Jury Pavilion,” from The Great Exhibitions of the World, by Joseph M. Wilson, 1880. Courtesy of Rockford (Illinois) Public Library.
12 “James Craig Watson,” from The Popular Science Monthly, September 1881. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
14 “Electric Pen and Press” advertisement. Courtesy of U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
16 “Thomas A. Edison,” from The Popular Science Monthly, August 1878. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
19 “General View of Menlo Park and Edison’s Laboratory,” from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, January 10, 1880. Courtesy of Penn State University Libraries.
20 “Interior of Edison’s Machine Shop Where His Experiments are Conducted,” from The Daily Graphic (New York), April 10, 1878. Courtesy of State Library of Pennsylvania.
21 “Edison’s Home, Menlo Park, New Jersey,” from Harper’s Weekly, January 3, 1880. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
22 “George F. Barker,” from The Popular Science Monthly, September 1879. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
27 “Observatory of Michigan University,” from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, September 1874. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
30 “C. H. F. Peters,” from Himmel und Erde, January 1891. Courtesy of University of Washington Libraries.
36 “Maria Mitchell,” from The Century Magazine, October 1889. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
37 “Vassar College,” from Historical Sketch of Vassar College, printed by S. W. Green, New York, 1876. Courtesy of University of Rochester River Campus Libraries.
43 “Total Eclipse of July 29, 1878,” from The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, for the Year 1878, 2nd ed., 1877. Author collection.
47 “Professor Simon Newcomb,” from Harper’s Weekly, December 1, 1894. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
50 “Track of Lunar Shadow,” from The New Astronomy, by Samuel Pierpont Langley, 1891. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
52 “The Spectroscope,” from Reports on Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August 7, 1869, by B. F. Sands, 1870. Author collection.
54 “H.M.S. Caledonia and Two Steamers Attempting to Tow H.M.S. Psyche off a Sunken Rock on the Coast of Sicily,” from The Illustrated London News, January 7, 1871. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
55 “Observing the Eclipse,” from The Winnipeg Country; or, Roughing It with an Eclipse Party, by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, 1886. Courtesy of Vassar College Libraries.
57 “The Great Equatorial—United States Naval Observatory,” from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, March 1874. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
61 “Main Entrance, North Front, Smithsonian Institution,” from Hints on Public Architecture, Containing, among Other Illustrations, Views and Plans of the Smithsonian Institution, by Robert Dale Owen, 1849. Courtesy of Colorado State University Libraries.
62 “The Late Professor Joseph Henry,” from Harper’s Weekly, June 1, 1878. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
64 “The Phonograph and Its Inventor, Mr. Thomas A. Edison,” from Scientific American, July 6, 1878. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
68 “Professor S. P. Langley,” from Harper’s Weekly, December 1, 1894. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
76 “Fac-simile of a Photograph of the Transit,” from The Daily Graphic (New York), May 10, 1878. Courtesy of State Library of Pennsylvania.
77 “Dr. Draper’s Observatory at Hastings-on-the-Hudson,” from Science, February 16, 1883. Courtesy of University of Denver Libraries.
84 “The Observatory,” from Historical Sketch of Vassar College, printed by S. W. Green, New York, 1876. Courtesy of University of Rochester River Campus Libraries.
90 “Reception to Mr. Edison,” invitation to press reception, June 3, 1878. Courtesy of U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
92 “Edison’s Phonomotor,” from Scientific American, July 27, 1878. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
94 “Texas Jack,” from The Great Divide: Travels in the Upper Yellowstone in the Summer of 1874, by the Earl of Dunraven, 1876. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
97 “The Tasimeter,” from Edison and His Inventions . . . , by J. B. McClure, 1889. Courtesy of Saint Louis University Libraries.
98 “Henry Draper,” from The Popular Science Monthly, January 1883. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
103 Train crossing western landscape, from The Pacific Tourist, by Frederick E. Shearer, 1886. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
108 “Dining at Twenty Miles an Hour,” from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, August 25, 1877. Courtesy of Penn State University Libraries.
111 “Crossing Dale Creek Bridge—130 Feet High,” from California: A Pleasure Trip from Gotham to the Golden Gate (April, May, June, 1877), by Mrs. Frank Leslie, 1877. Courtesy of Colorado State University Libraries.
112 “Rawlins—A Community of Railroad Employés,” from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 3, 1877. Courtesy of Penn State University Libraries.
116 “Death of Major Thornburgh,” from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 8, 1879. Courtesy of Penn State University Libraries.
119 “Larimer Street, Denver,” from Colorado, Its Gold and Silver Mines, Farms and Stock Ranges, and Health and Pleasure Resorts. Tourist’s Guide to the Rocky Mountains, by Frank Fossett, 1880. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
122 “Charles A. Young,” from The Popular Science Monthly, October 1881. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
123 “Colorow,” from Harper’s Weekly, September 3, 1887. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
131 “Dr Avery’s Residence 20th St. Denver, Col.,” from History of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, and Colorado, by W. B. Vickers, 1880. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
135 “U.S. Naval Observatory eclipse camp, Creston, Wyoming Territory,” by E. L. Trouvelot. Unpublished. Courtesy of National Archives. [USNO-NA Entry 18, Box 8]
139 “Joseph Norman Lockyer,” from The Popular Science Monthly, November 1873. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
143 U.P.R.R. Photograph Car. Courtesy of Denver Public Library, Western History Collection. [Verso of image Z-3332]
144 “The eclipse station at Rawlins, Wyoming Territory,” from The Daily Graphic (New York), August 19, 1878. Courtesy of State Library of Pennsylvania.
153 “Gen. Albert J. Myer,” from Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, September 1878. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
153 “Cleveland Abbe, ‘Probabilities,’ ” from The Royal Road to Wealth: How to Find and Follow It, by Nelson Sizer, 1882. Courtesy of Library of Congress.
156 “The Signal Office at Washington,” from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, August 1871. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
160 “Colorado Springs,” from Colorado, Its Gold and Silver Mines, Farms and Stock Ranges, and Health and Pleasure Resorts. Tourist’s Guide to the Rocky Mountains, by Frank Fossett, 1880. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
161 “Signal Station on the Summit of Pike’s Peak,”
from Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, September 1878. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
162 “‘ Spectres,’ ” from The New Astronomy, by Samuel Pierpont Langley, 1891. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
165 Outer corona of the 1878 eclipse, based on a sketch by Samuel P. Langley, from The New Astronomy, by Samuel Pierpont Langley, 1891. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
168 “Path of the Eclipse,” from New-York Weekly Tribune, July 24, 1878. Courtesy of Michael Zeiler.
171 “No. 3” sketch described as “one of our merchants looking at the eclipse with his family through a family glass,” from The Daily Gazette (Colorado Springs), July 30, 1878. Courtesy of National Archives. [WB NC-3, Entry 7, Box 359, Item 2054]
178 “Crescents visible under foliage during partial eclipse,” from Total Eclipses of the Sun, by Mabel Loomis Todd, 1894. Courtesy of St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
181 “Shadow bands of 1870 on an Italian dwelling,” from Total Eclipses of the Sun, by Mabel Loomis Todd, 1894. Courtesy of St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
185 “Total Solar Eclipse, July 29th 1878. Simon Newcomb; Separation, Wyoming,” from Reports on the Total Solar Eclipses of July 29, 1878, and January 11, 1880, by United States Naval Observatory, 1880. Author collection.
191 “Camera in position,” from “Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1878, July 29th, Made at Cherry Creek Camp, near Denver, Colorado,” by A. C. Ranyard, in Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society 46:213–39, 1881. Author collection.
193 “Jos. P. Machebeuf, Vic. ap. Col.do,” from History of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, and Colorado, by W. B. Vickers, 1880. Courtesy of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries.
194 “Total Eclipse July 29 1878 naked eye view Pike’s Peak; Lake House; altitude 10300 feet by Cleveland Abbe.” Courtesy of National Archives. [WB NC-3, Entry 7, Box 342, Item 1287] Also published as Sketch No. 9 in Report on the Solar Eclipse of July, 1878, by Cleveland Abbe, 1881.
200 “Lecture To-Night,” from The Denver Daily Tribune, July 30, 1878. Courtesy of History Colorado.
205 Edison’s incandescent lamp, from Harper’s Weekly, January 3, 1880. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
211 Diagram of total solar eclipse by Maria Mitchell, from her lecture notes. Courtesy of the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association. [MMM Reel 4, Item 33]
227 “L’Exposition de M. Edison,” from l’Illustration, October 1, 1881. Courtesy of University of Minnesota Libraries.
230 Group photograph of Draper eclipse party and others in Rawlins, Wyoming Territory, July 27, 1878, by J. B. Silvis. Courtesy of Carbon County Museum.
ART INSERT
1 “Total Eclipse of the Sun. Observed July 29, 1878, at Creston, Wyoming Territory,” from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings, by E. L. Trouvelot, 1882. Courtesy of Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
2 Composite sketch of the total solar eclipse as seen from Denver’s Capitol Hill, from The Solar Eclipse of July 29, 1878, by the Chicago Astronomical Society, 1878. Courtesy of Denver Public Library.
3 “Sun’s Corona as seen near Denver July 29 1878,” by F. C. Penrose. Courtesy of National Archives. [USNO-NA Entry 18, Box 8]
4 Pencil sketch of solar corona, by Annette Helena Watson at Separation, Wyoming Territory. Courtesy of National Archives. [USNO-NA Entry 18, Box 8]
5 (top) “Total Solar Eclipse of July 29, 1878. As seen from Denver, Colorado,” by George W. Hill. Courtesy of National Archives. [USNO-NA Entry 18, Box 8]
5 (bottom) Photograph of total solar eclipse at third contact, by the party of William Harkness at Creston, Wyoming Territory. Courtesy of National Archives. [USNAE, Box 2, negative no. 6]
6–7 James Craig Watson’s star chart for the eclipse of July 29, 1878. Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. [JCWP Outsize folder].
7 (bottom) Princeton College eclipse party near Cherry Creek, Denver, Colorado. Courtesy of John G. Wolbach Library, Harvard College Observatory.
8 (top) U.S. Naval Observatory party headed by Edward S. Holden, on the roof of the Teller House Hotel, Central City, Colorado. Courtesy of U.S. Naval Observatory.
8 (bottom) Stereograph card of Vassar College eclipse party, Denver, Colorado. Courtesy of Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries. [Archives Folder 8.9, image 08.09.04]
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