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# How people watched the solar eclipse of 12 August 1654
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/nabliudaem-solnechnoe-zatmenie-v-xvii-veke/
- Published: 2025-08-27T09:28:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:40:58.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Science, Mores, Humour

Observing a Solar Eclipse in the Seventeenth Century.

On 12 August 1654, people looked at the sun through smoked glass; the more resourceful used a mirror, and the very cunning a dish or a bucket of water.