| | Lake County Astronomical Society NightTimes |
 | | Strangely, it would be late in the nineteenth century before two well-known solar astronomers, Gustav Spoerer and E.W. Maunder, would describe fully the lull in solar activity that lasted for almost seventy-years, spanning the entire reign of Louis XIV and encompassing the times of Milton and Newton. |
 | | Although Spoerer's work (1887) preceded Maunder's, it is the latter who is generally credited with the most complete description of the strange behavior of the sun in the 17th century. |
 | | In his second paper on the subject, Maunder (1922) reported the following findings: During the period from 1645 to 1715, only a few spots were seen. |
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