Solar eclipse of August 1887 mb-code 00372081 Full length studio portrait of

Full length studio portrait of George Bentham looking to the left as viewed

It was a dangerous enterprise

William Henry Smith

A background of architectural pillar and arches appears at the subject's right (left as viewed)

Solar eclipse of August 1887 mb-code 00372081 Full length studio portrait ofEight photographs of the total solar eclipse visible in Russia on 7 August 1889. Observations made from various locations in the Urals and Siberia. Extra illustrations pasted before the title page of the book Eclipse totale du soleil Aout, 1887. issued in Russian [title page also in French] by the Socit physico chimique Russe (St, Petersburg, 1889) Each photograph is captioned below with its place of origin: 'Polock'; 'Petrowski'; 'Juriewetz';