Steel Duncan. Eclipse: The celestial phenomenon that changed the course of history

The Joseph Henry Press, 2001. — 473 p.By now it was about midday and there came a darkness over the whole land, which lasted until three in the afternoon; the sun
was in eclipse. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two his quotation from the gospel of Luke (quoted from the New
English Bible) describes one of the most momentous celestial events in history, for it reportedly occurred at the time of
Jesus Christ’s death. Whether or not this is an accurate account, or a literary embellishment, it well illustrates the deep significance
that all ancient cultures have attached to solar eclipses.From the Depths of Time: The Earliest Recorded Eclipses
The Heavenly Cycles
Making Predictions
A Warp in Space
The Turbulent Sun
Ancient Eclipses and the Length of the Day
Eclipses and the Size of the Sun
The American Eclipses of 1780 and 1806
The Rocky Mountain Eclipse of 1878
The Great New York City Winter Eclipse
Nantucket, the Astronomically Blessed
Eclipses of the Third Kind
and a Fourth
Stepping Beyond the Solar System
An Eclipse Chaser’s Guide
An Eclipse Whodunit