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title: "4 Eclipse Quotes By Simon Newcomb"
description: "4 Eclipse quotes by Simon Newcomb. Plus more from Simon Newcomb and more Eclipse sayings from other authors."
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> [In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/in-1860-a-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-was-visible-in-british-america/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/simon-newcomb-16581_america_in-1860-a-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-was-v_1003116.png)

> [Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/whenever-a-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-was-visible-in-an-accessible/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/simon-newcomb-16581_eclipse_whenever-a-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-was_1422375.png)

> [The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/the-reports-of-the-eclipse-parties-not-only-described-the-scientific/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/simon-newcomb-16581_common_the-reports-of-the-eclipse-parties-not-o_2122674.png)

> [Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse, clouds prevent a sight of it; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/astronomers-are-greatly-disappointed-when-having-traveled-halfway/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/simon-newcomb-16581_around-the-world_astronomers-are-greatly-disappointed-whe_3008845.jpg)

## Other authors on Eclipse

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- [Fred Espenak 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eclipse/fred-espenak/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eclipse/victor-hugo/)
- [Tinsel Korey 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eclipse/tinsel-korey/)

## More by Simon Newcomb

> [If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/if-my-impressions-are-correct-our-educational-planing-mill-cuts-down/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/though-born-in-nova-scotia-i-am-of-almost-pure-new-england-descent/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-problems-with-which-men-will/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/one-hardly-knows-where-in-the-history-of-science-to-look-for-an/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/until-i-was-four-years-old-i-lived-in-the-house-of-my-paternal/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [One of the most beautiful hypotheses ever propounded in physics is ... the Dynamical Theory of Gases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/one-of-the-most-beautiful-hypotheses-ever-propounded-in-physics-is/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [Construction of an aerial vehicle which can carry even a single man . . . requires the discovery of some new metal or force.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/construction-of-an-aerial-vehicle-which-can-carry-even-a-single-man/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/james-edward-oliver-might-have-been-one-of-the-great-mathematicians/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/a-suggestion-had-been-made-to-me-looking-toward-a-professorship-in/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/my-father-followed-during-most-of-his-life-the-precarious-occupation/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/in-1858-i-received-the-degree-of-d-s-from-the-lawrence-scientific/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/the-result-was-that-if-it-happened-to-clear-off-after-a-cloudy/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/in-1860-a-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-was-visible-in-british-america/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/what-we-now-call-school-training-the-pursuit-of-fixed-studies-at/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

> [As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/as-the-existence-of-a-corps-of-professors-of-mathematics-is-peculiar/)

[Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/)

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