Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it.

  • -- Simon Newcomb 西蒙·纽科姆

每当在可到达的地区看到日全食时,就派人去观察。

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The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents.

日食各方的报告不仅非常详细地描述了科学观测,而且还描述了旅行和经历,有时还带有官方文件中不常见的辛辣味。

The nation that is supreme above all others during one age, will be eclipsed by another in the next age.

一个时代高于一切的国家,在下一个时代将被另一个时代所超越。

A city is a strange place for dawn. The sun just can't seem to make any headway in the cold streets.

城市对于黎明来说是一个陌生的地方。在寒冷的街道上,太阳似乎没有任何进展。

On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.

一个人既不能凝视太阳,也不能凝视死亡。