Hayden Planetarium-Grace Peruvian Eclipse Expedition (1937)

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Exist Dates

1937

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract
To observe total eclipse

Summary

Sites visited: Peru

Personnel: Fisher, Clyde, leader (scientists - see Annual Report, No. 69, 1937, pp.57-58)

Department of Astronomy; Hayden Planetarium; Various other Institutions and groups

Sponsors: AMNH; various other Institutions and groups; Merle-Smith, Van S.; Junior Astronomy Club; Peruvian government.

Resources available in AMNH Special Collections: Photo documentation. P.C. 2 Authority File ("Peruvian Eclipse Expedition")

Sources

    AMNH Annual Report No. 69, 1937, page 57-58
    Natural History magazine, XXXIX, April, 1937, page 299, May, 1937, page 334-338, 372
    Natural History magazine, June, 1937, page 455, 457
    Natural History magazine, November 1937, page 631-640
    The Grapevine, May 1937, vol. 1, No. 4, page 1

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PeruExternal link
(Expedition Site)

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Fisher, Clyde
Leader

Written by: Gillian Newell
Last modified: 2019 June 5


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