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The Sun-Spot Panic of 1816
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Wow - talk about yer rabid social Darwinism. (Poor Darwin was only about 7 years old when this written.)
(More on surgeon Thomas Lucas (1756-1822) here: [https://thedrlucasdiaries.wordpress.com/dr-lucas-2/]
I wasn't aware that sunspots were observable to the average person. Has anyone seen one personally without a telescope?
You can view sunspots with just a cardboard box!
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/build-a-sunspot-...