In 1925, Observers Lined Manhattan to Measure the Total Solar Eclipse

Friday, August 11, 2017 - 11:32 in Physics & Chemistry

During a 1925 total solar eclipse over New York City, the streetlights turned on, three women fainted, vendors sold smoked glass while exhorting passersby to "save your eyes for 10 cents" and seagulls landed in the water, assuming it was night.

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