John Mackenzie Bacon
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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.
[edit] 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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