PP....you certainly can pick the, thanks to the internet;
I knew Gilkes well, that was not an article, but a letter to the BMJ and it was also 1959, the year i qualified.....58 years ago......but the rest of your post is entertaining.
My simple point sans www links is that Trump did what millions of other people must have done, that was to squint at the eclipse for seconds as to continue would have been too painful...but it was TRUMP.