Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-07-26
Miscellaneous.
From the BHdgci0m Chronicle.

"o""' ""'hS ~ Some peculiar circumstances
| connected with the phenomenon itself.-
or many years past we have had, q, short
intervals, a large eclipse Of the sun-ci,hcr
'o'a' or ahnular-and this one has been
s'y.eo' ny way OF emincnce, the last of the
'"'"s-'or VIC sha!l not witness another
similar eclipse for Is years, nor total O.
clipsc Tor nearly generation 10 COME and
we cannot withhold the solemn rcnrc,;on
that this will he the las, remarkable ecliu.c
that many of us shall ever he permitted to
see! Yes, before another coniuuc,ion of
The heavenly bodies, which will cause Il to-
tai observation of the suns rnyS, a whole
generation of our species will have passed
Tue ordeal OF death, and the rctrihuiou of
eternity! and YET the undi,turbcd affair, of
'hc Almighty move on--and those splendid
spheres, launched from lis hands, with mn
devhiIng certainty fulfil their destined
rnnn'i-- -praslns their Creator either in Ins
trc or IN shade! Hut we leave our rcad, r.
l" ih"ral'"c upon II subject ~ leisure We
nope the day may TIC finc-lha, not a cIou,l
n'ay obscure The horizon nr dim The .sc,,inu
suns cllulscnce- all NAV lave the
pleasure of hehoIline-,iloush none can cy-
Ecrl"ncc the delight Of :nch Il spcci Gle bu,
The student of Nature. ant! the humble wor
shipper otits great Author.
In ordcr'o lurniS!, our readers with n full
and accurate description. we have been M
considerable pains and labor to calculate
the exact PHASES and TIMES of This cclnsr
-"dartiug them expressly to the latitude
ana meridian of Brdyelon, wIiici, we find
10 be ~ deg. 2G min. nnr'h. and longitude
20 deg. ID min. west, from Greenwich.
} us eclipse will nor he total hut AHNu-
LAH-that l.. IL" 'i'"on's apparent diameter
hrih, less ~ the time than the suns, cannot
h':r tli'' wt"ir lacc than the sun, bu, will
"avc'thc margin visible, like II LUMINOUS
niNG,lo all PERSONS within Il certain distance
lf"ln The central path.
The eclipse will occur September 1911,
1000, between ) and6 u'cloc!;, in IN. after
noon. IN" first point Of cnntact will be
about ~ deg. from the suns vercx, Tor rop)
TO The right hand. precisely at 3h. I'm .,S
sec. The beginning of the annuIar eclipse
will he 4h. :33m 27src. The luminous rinr
will continue Gm. 20Scc. and end at II,'
IL 41Ser. The nearest approach of the cen
Tres "f 'hc sun anal moon will lake place q,
pcciscly lh. 3Sm 36sec.. and the aprnrcnt
distance nfth centres " i'll them be oulv n3
l-2Scc.-thc moons apparent latitude bcin.
losrc. >ouih-of course The ring will he near
N CnSCENTRIC. the upper part briu- :,
small fraction broader than the under par,
on account Of the cxari ccnra. path fal!in..
little To tho west Of Bridgcton. This will
he by far the most intercstiu. portion of th,.
phenomenon. The sun will i'm n nrca,
measure be blo,icd out from the heavens
ana his place be supplied by LUMINOUS
RING "' surprising beauty and spIcntor -
To wi'!irss II would recuuipcnsc Il VOYAGE
across ihe great 4 iantic. The shadow
viii then gradually leave the sum, and the
eclipse will end AT .Jh. SIN. 5:}sec. inst l.
inmates oc.crr the sun Sels To the n!a;,,,ro,s
OF BridSctown, having continued 2h. 32u
jjScc.
lhc above calculations are all made to
soar or apparent time. hciug tI,a, which is
usually Kept IN this placc-,hr equation o.
lane Is about 6u,. fast. bv dctluctiuu these
i'"m The times above, you will have mean
or clock time.
As 1t regards The earth in general, and
me tract OF country to which The eciipse will
he central and :tnnnnr, il is stated in the
American Almanac To be lis follows:
Bc@lnnng To be visible IN lh. unknown
regions near the north pole, The c..traI an
nuIhr eclipse will pass through Kamska,ha
IN ASA, the British possessions i'm North |
America. moi far west ut Hudson Bav.
Lake Superior. VI iscon,in Territory, Micl,i
gan, the northeastern part of Ohio. the |
southeast part OF Pennsylvania, the eastern |
part of Maryland. northeast part o:Virsiu
III, and into The Atlantic Ocean: its co,'r.c
being from Northwest 10 snu,heas,. The
eclipse will tc anuu!ar over Il space of 100 |
miles wide. The RUG in the places where |
II will he seen, will continue only from 10 |
D I'm. AT Baltimore the eclipse will be- |
I'm al 0m. past ) =. M. The ring will he
formed al 25m. past i. aud he central a, ri |
IN. past i. The eclipse will end n, iOn
past 5. Al Washington CITY and Rirhuon1 |
the several places will lie within s,oall |
traction of minnie OF the same lime
At lthicioh within about 2m. of The somc
tune. But there no r'n= will appear. TIE |
siIn VIII be II very slender crescent. This |
crescent will he wider, with horns less and |
less sharp, as we go south and snnihwcs,
aud north aud north east. from the po,h of
the central eclipse.
IlIs path first touches the earth at q noint |
near The norihpolc. little cast of the me-
ridlan Of Greenwich. In few seconds or. |
ter II aifalns lis Great"st northern latitude.
whilst Tor the first minutes il moves rapid |
ly westward. until il is 9S., west of lin,
In ten mnnieS after pa.sino |
nul OF the United States into the Atlantic |
Ocean, II leaves the earth NJ a point ahnu,
34' north latitude, and 5Se west lopc,udc.
just Ill., Sim. 32sec. after its first touclinr
The earth; having travcrseh a some what cir
cuIlous track of 5000 miles in length; and
hs we said hefore) the whole annular pa,h |
being l20 miles in breadth IT reaches. in
Width, from Fairfield county. in Connect
cut, nearly to Raleigh. N. G.
This will he the last central crlipsc of |
the sun visible in rIic u. S until Nav oG
1904. The next TOTAL eclipse of the sun
will be August 7, 1860.