Thank you! On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 10:08 PM Steve Lelievre < [email protected]> wrote:
> Oops, sorry. > > The name is question is "Nevil Maskelyne" (cut and paste a typo = lots > of typos!) > > Steve > > On 2019-06-02 8:05 p.m., Steve Lelievre wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > In case you missed this news item from the last few days: British Film > > Institute (BFI) have just released a digital version of film footage > > of a 1900 solar eclipse - the earliest known successful recording. > > > > https://youtu.be/q4jfPfMKBgU > > > > The footage was shot by Neville Makelyne, a British stage magician > > turned cameraman (not the Astronomer Royal of the same name). BFI > > report that it was Makelyne's second attempt at recording a solar > > eclipse. His first try was in India in 1898, but the undeveloped film > > was stolen as he travelled home to England. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Steve > > > > P.S. Apparently Makelyne is also known for disrupting Guglielmo > > Marconi's early public demonstrations of commercial radio telegraphy. > > Makelyne was paid by a consortium of undersea telegraph cable owners > > to try to undermine Marconi's fledgling business. He would set up his > > own radio transmitter in buildings near to where Marconi's > > demonstrations were taking place in London, and thus swamp out > > Marconi's faint signals from North America. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > -- ... *Ale de la Puente* www.aledelapuente.org skype: aledelapuente T: + 52 55 55 54 0895 M: + 52 1 55 54 34 8548 Twitter: @aledelapuente instagram @aledelapuente
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