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remarkable OF the phenomena that ,h.s
year, lecSs. Will happen. Is the Eclipse
of the Sun. on Sunday. the :sth Ut No.
vember- This Is the thIri II th. ,erv
uncommon senes OF five large echpSeS
visible to US. nm the short term Ut sever,
years. the fourth OF this seriss will tx
place the IJth May. ISM, and the llst.
Sept II. 1873
The eclipse Of the present v~l-
vail doubtless receive great a,tent,.,
throughout our country In thu. NJ
oes where ats magnitude UiII M, .x-
coed ] digIts. much dlnInu,,,p NJ IN.
hight ~ MOI tO b. expected. even A, ~.
time oi the great ooscuratioa PERRIN.
however. II may be sufficient u r,.ni.-
visible the planet Venus, then ab.,,e
30 deg 2 s. E Ofthe sun, and much
nearer to the earth than usual nor will
the Obscuration be very great wbe-s
the eclipse Is almost total: sinc,. u n,
been observed on former OCCASIONS. that
the uneoiiPsed part, even when rciur-
ed to a mere Posnt sheds sufficient Il ,flt
10 render small objects visible. Al! m
visible the brightest Of the star. n
deed, on account Of the refractson oGthe
suns rays by the atmosphere Of tn.
earth, the darkness can hardly With
st1ckness be considered total. even
whea the sun - completely shut or.
from the sight In the great and ~
markahie eclipse Of June 10Th. I~-0i
when the sum ~as totally Obscurcd .
Boston for Eve minutes, as much h-ht
remained. ~ Is gwen BY the NOM
when full. aud greater darkness viii
NOT probably be experienced, IN ar
place. On the present occasion.
Throughout the United States. hox-
ever, n greater depression Of the thrr-
nOmeter. II placed m the sun. VII
Prob1hiy be noticed; and Eo< some mir
utes before and after the moment Of
greatest obscurziioa the power OF lens
10 produce combustion, BY coaden>sas
the solar rays. VIII be nearly, ii MT IN
hrely. Destroyed AZ the tune of tn.
annual eclipse q Rebruary I1sh. 1881.
II was observed by the editor. that tn.
Thermometer. m the sun, fell from ~
To -; and that, during the ooaaRuAnoe
OF the mig. NO sensible effect Nas pro-
dueed by blAcing its blackered bulb IN
the focus % n powerful buEning-gdlss-
This eclipse, Is viii be scen on trac-
ing the path Of the centre. viii b. total
IN q small part Of the Territory Of Ar
kansas. and of the States Of Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, and South CaTuIIna.
The principal places IN which the Oh
scunty vii probably be complete. arr.
ChzTiestOa, BeauEorf, South Carnhna.
Savannah. MIIIedgeville. TuscaloOsa.
and Little Rock. The greatest dura-
isOn Of total darkness IN any place. vii
BE- Al Tuscaloosa, and Besufort-these
places lying very near the central path
NJ ChzTieStOa and Savannah. the dura-
iion Will be considerably less. thu for-
mer beng situated about foCty nniles
north q this path. the latter. about
thirty south The width q the line 81
total darkness vaTles IN ats pas,ae-r a.
erOSs the earth. but IN The United State
VIII be about one hundred mile
Those II the Atlantic States. who de-
s're % behold this rarr syectacle-the
most magnificent and sublime ct the
phenomena of Nature. compared u,.h
which. even Niagara 1nks into rnedi-
ocnty-Will find Beaufort the most eli
gible plsoe In which 90 make their OBJ
servatS0ns and thew wIll MT neglect
this opportunity. When they reflect ,hl,
the mOsn's shadJW Will MT aaain. f,r
the space u uhirty five years. pas over
any part q the lnhabli4ile tsprtipn. ~
the United States. % until Augls, 49,
I-fi0.
A. a. the time q the ecilp.s a Frl,-
rl4ry 1881. much inconvenience snl
even iniury Uss sustained from vlst
q care ~ booking a. the sun vi-6ss
any pr1scction - the eve ~ ih
a GAS nof sufficiently col0red % rts
h. proper 90 remark that sh.u'i
~ dauns the cunt,nusrcs af frs
Ci'Pse D. clear one a To very dlr.
81 zTeen ~ red glisse. ~ tev'tnt.
and % default q this b rstcr 'f r.'ni-
mon wIndyN glsss. fire. f.-ut veins Ani
rsndeted quite blsrk hy ths smoke 1i
lamp. esfs can - used uifh safety --
III ihe lussrs a fhe son should D. d
nlini.hed ht in'srs enmg clouds lIGH
Ter shstr y 30 o. sufhucnt.