The French government and its national Academy of Sciences funded two scientific expeditions, including Janssen's, spending more than 75,000 francs combined.
Sources
- How Scientists Discovered Helium, the First Alien Element, 150 Years Ago (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.academia.edu/100789819/Observations_of_the_Total_Solar_Eclipse_of_18_August_1868_Carried_Out_by_Jules_Janssen_at_Guntoor_India (academia.edu)
- https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-0697-6_4 (link.springer.com)
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