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Bacon, John Mackenzie, 1846-1904

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John Mackenzie Bacon, FRAS, (19 June 1846 - 26 December 1904) was an English astronomer, aeronaut, and lecturer. He attempted the earliest movie of a solar eclipse, in India in December 1897. Unfortunately, the film was lost. Together with Nevil Maskelyne, he succeeded in North Carolina, USA, in May 1900. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1888.

References

Bottomore, Stephen. John Mackenzie Bacon. Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
Obituary Notice: Fellows:- Bacon, John Mackenzie. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 65, p.334

External links

Works by John Mackenzie Bacon at Project Gutenberg (1805). Retrieved on 2007-05-04.

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