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Re: Some more inconsistencies

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:47:27 +0200 (CEST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Norm Wolcott wrote:

> In the last page of the Fur Country, Thomas Black says he is sorry to
> have missed the eclipse of 1860, but as it will occur again in the same
> place 26 years later, he will meet everyone there twenty-six years later
> in 1896.
>
> Take your pick. This leaves aside the question as to whether it is
> likely that another eclipse would occur at the same place on earth in 26
> years.

I seem to remember an article in the BSJV about the dates and locations of
these eclipses. IRRC, the 1860 totality was not quite so far north. The
map at <http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.1027> seems to confirm
this.

See also Jacques Crovisier's interesting article on this novel at
<http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/~crovisier/JV/verne_PF.html>.

Cheers,
Garmt.
Received on Wed 14 Jun 2006 - 20:47:35 IDT

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