THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1846: Original manuscript illustration of the predicted solar eclipse over Nort
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1846: Original manuscript illustration of the predicted solar eclipse over North America on April 25, 1846, with handwritten notations, dedicated December 6, 1839. This work is by Asa Smith, the author and artist for the diagrams in the popular 19th-century textbook, Smith’s Illustrated Astronomy, which was first published in 1848. https://bit.ly/1846eclipse -- source link
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