On 06/05/2012 01:50 PM, Duane Smith wrote: > Taylor, > > I don't know if Twain witnessed either of the transits, perhaps someone else > does. In addition to "Some Learned Fables," he also mentioned the > phenomena in his October 2, 1876, speech at the Republican meeting in > Harford. As I noted in my last message, SLC could have not personally seen the transit of 1874-12-09, as it was not visible from the Americas. (Unless he was innocently abroad; I dunno.) The next transit was on 1882-12-06, but that was far in the future of that speech. -- Alan Eliasen [log in to unmask] http://futureboy.us/