Series 'Actualites', the comet, the Parisians are taking all necessary precautions, even at mid-day, since Mr Babinet had announced that the sun might disappear, plate 385, illustration from 'Le Charivari', 10th April 1857 by Honore Daumier
© Bridgeman Art Library / Marcel Lecomte Collection, Paris, France / Giraudon
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- Series 'Actualites', the comet, the Parisians are taking all necessary precautions, even at mid-day, since Mr Babinet had announced that the sun might disappear, plate 385, illustration from 'Le Charivari', 10th April 1857
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Serie 'News of the Day'; comet Charles-Quint predicted for 13th June 1857; expected to hit the earth; prophecy of the ending of the world; 'Precaution indispensable que prennent les Parisiens..meme en plein midi..depuis qu'ils ont appris..que le soleil pouvait s'eteindre..'; Jacques Babinet (1794-1872) French physicist, mathematician and astronomer;
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