Oral History Excerpt: Evald Mustel - Partial Solar Eclipse of 1927

In this oral history excerpt, Russian astronomer, Evald Mustel (1911-1988), reflects on how witnessing a partial solar eclipse in 1927 introduced him to the astronomical community.
This excerpt comes from the oral history collection of the Niels Bohr Library & Archives at the American Institute of Physics. This collection comprises thousands of oral history interviews, with over 1500 interview transcripts being available to read free online. Interviews range in date from the early 1960s to the present and cover the major areas and discoveries of physics from the past 100 years. The Voices of the Past Collection highlights some of the oldest oral histories of the collection with interviewees who have passed on.
Oral History Credits:
Interview of Evald Mustel by Spencer Weart on 1976 August 30, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA, www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/32439-1
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