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• ... that the Baily's Beads phenomenon depends upon the irregular shape of the moon's limb; and that astronomer Francis Bailey observed the Beads during an annular eclipse of the sun on 15 May 1836 at Inch Bonney in Roxburghshire; and that Baily's vivid description of the eclipse heralded widespread interest in eclipse expeditions?