The general phenomenon [total eclipse] is perhaps the most awfully grand which man can witness.


On the Total Eclipse of 1851, Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Volume 51 April, 1851 (p. 76)


The general phenomenon [total eclipse] is perhaps the most awfully grand which man can witness.

The general phenomenon [total eclipse] is perhaps the most awfully grand which man can witness.

The general phenomenon [total eclipse] is perhaps the most awfully grand which man can witness.

The general phenomenon [total eclipse] is perhaps the most awfully grand which man can witness.