Today May 17, 1836 Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920), British physicist and astronomer was born at Rugby on May, 17th 1836 to Mr. Joseph Hooley Lockyer, a lecturer on scientific subjects at Rugby School and his wife Anne Norman. Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920) founded the magazine Nature in 1869. Observed the sun and discovered one unknown line in the spectra: helium. Observed 8 total solar eclipses. Passed away August 16, 1920 in Salcombe Regis, Devon England. and in 1882 A comet is discovered and photographed by Sir Arthur Schuster (1851-1934), Germany/UK, during an eclipse in Egypt: first time a comet discovered in this way has been photographed. The Total Solar Eclipse had been observed by Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920), Ranard and Schuster from England, Tacchini from Italy, Trépied, Thollon and Puiseux from France. Observation from Sohag at the Nile.
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