ECLIPSES 1896 - 1932

Pictorial Records of Sir W.S.Lockyer, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and Great Uncle of Mrs. D. Forman with whose kind permission we reproduce these photographs. Eclipses 1896, 1900, 1905, 1911 and 1932.

ECLIPSE 1896
9th August 1896, Lapland


Hannerfest. Royal Navy Training Squadron 1892.


HMS Volage at Bras Havn, Lapland.


Ship's Officers:
Beal and Sinclair, Yelverton and Hodges, Martin and Law,
Ramsey and Brooks.


Captain, Officers and Midshipmen.


Ships Company


Scene on deck


Norman Lockyer and Sir William with the 9¨ Prismatic Camera.


Observers in Position


Members of the Royal Naval ship HMS Volage.


HMS Volage

ECLIPSE 1900
28th May 1900, Alicante, Spain. Total Solar Eclipse Expedition.


The Royal Mail ship Oruda leaving Tilbury.


Instruments leaving the Solar Physics Observatory.


The Camera set up at Scotch Camp.

ECLIPSE 1900
1905. Palma, Majorca


HMS Venus

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Crew of the HMS Venus


A postcard Sir William had produced.

ECLIPSE 1911
May 1911. Suva, Fiji.


HMS Encounter

ECLIPSE 1932
1932 Canada


Cunard's Ausonia, the outward bound ship.




Sir William Lockyer


Map showing outward and homeward bound voyages.


Menu card from Ausonia


Cunard's Scythia, the homeward bound ship.


Onboard Scythia, Starboard looking Forward


Scythia view from Bridge


Front of menu onboard Scythia


Scythia Menu