solar eclipse
Britishnoun
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Solar eclipse glasses are specifically designed to filter out harmful UV rays and reduce the intense brightness of the Sun, making it safe to look directly at the eclipse.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025
In the case of a Solar eclipse it may be total, perhaps, in Africa, may be of six digits only in Spain, and of two only in England.
From The Story of Eclipses by Chambers, George F. (George Frederick)
Sixty-four times 18 make 1152, so that the duration of a Solar eclipse Great Cycle may be taken at about 1150 years.
From The Story of Eclipses by Chambers, George F. (George Frederick)
Why in Babylon they used to get their Christmas jokes ready—all baked in clay—a whole Solar eclipse ahead of Christmas.
From Frenzied Fiction by Leacock, Stephen
It was calculated by Du Sèjour that the greatest possible duration of the total phase of a Solar eclipse at the equator would be 7m 58s, and for the latitude of Paris 6m 10s.
From The Story of Eclipses by Chambers, George F. (George Frederick)
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