Jump to navigation
Search form
Search
Butler's Paintings
Eclipse Paintings
Northern Lights and Worlds Beyond
Life and Legacy
Studying the Sun
Eclipse Expeditions
2017 Expedition
Photographing the Eclipse
Art Captures Perception
New Discoveries
Einstein's Theory and the Solar Eclipse
Eclipses in Art
Timeline
Resources
Bibliography
Glossary
Contributors and Credits
Table of Contents
Transient Effects
1857
James Buchanan becomes president of the United States.
Table of Contents
![By From Brady daguerreotype (Mathew Brady) (1822-1896) (Library of Congress) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](/files/non-collections/transient-effects/timeline/Buchanan_President.jpg "Matthew Brady (1822─1896), from Brady daguerreotype, photographed between 1850 and 1868, printer later, Library of Congress")