A little ramble through 19thy century astronomy - few sunspots in 1876

 Nature June 22^nd 1876

According to the photographs taken daily at Montmartre by M. Janssen , no spots have now been noticed on the Sun since March 25^th. At the last meeting of the Paris Academy, M. Leverrier announced that in addition to the solar work to be carried out by M. Janssen in the new physical observatory of Paris, M. Cornu has been appointed to make corresponding searches in the National Observatory. 

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