Solar observatory at Krasnoyarsk, Siberia mb-code scottish_provident 'Benefits of a plentiful harvest'

'Benefits of a plentiful harvest'

The 'Nelson' in dry dock undergoing repairs

John Penn and Lord Kirkcudbright

With a letterpress

Solar observatory at Krasnoyarsk, Siberia mb-code scottish_provident 'Benefits of a plentiful harvest'Landscape near the city of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia in Russia showing farmland with cattle in the foreground. In the distance is a ridge upon which a temporary astronomical observatory stands grouped around an existing small church tower. The observatory was used to record the total solar eclipse visible in Russia on 7 August 1889. Extra illustration pasted before the title page of the book Eclipse totale du soleil Aout, 1887. issued in Russian [title