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Lockyer rediscovers chromatosphere and (unaware of its prior re-
cognition) gives it a name

The views of others respecting the chromatosphere (foot-note)
The chromatosphere probably not a true solar atmosphere
Low atmospheric pressure near the photosphere

Solar storms-their exceeding violence

Observations by Professor Young, of America

Dr. Huggins succeeds in seeing the prominences themselves
Observations by Lockyer on Huggins's plan

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Professor Young witnesses a solar eruption.

Photographs a prominence when the Sun is not eclipsed

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The phenomena seen at commencement of totality explained
Observations by Plantade, Capiés, and Maraldi

The eclipses of 1733, 1766, and 1778 .

Observations made by Airy, Baily, and others in 1842
Peculiar structure of the corona

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The eclipses of 1851, 1858, and 1860 .
In 1860 Secchi photographs the corona
Eclipses of April 1865 and March 1867

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