Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-07-30

The eclipse will occur September L. 1898, be-
tween . and O'clock, 10 the afternoon. The hrst
point OF eoniactwill be about 81 degrees from the
suns yenex Tor top 10 the right hand precisely al
3h. I'm. 5Ssee. The beginning Of the annnlar
eclipse will be All 35nl. 27see. The luminous ring
will continue GIN. 20sec. and end.,t oh. Aim. 4Isec.
The neares; approach OF the sun aud moon viii iase
place at precisely 4b. 3sm 36sec., and The apparent
distance OF the centres will then be only 233 seconds
the moons apparent latitude being 1escc. south
of course the ring will be nearly toneenire, the upper
part being small fraction broader than tho under
part, on account of The exact central path falling
liue TO The west Of Budgeton. This will be by lar
the most interesting portion OF the phenomenon.
The will in great measure be bolted out from
the heayens-anj his place supplied by a luminous
ring Of surprising beauty and splendor! To witness
il would reeompense voyage across the great Allan
tic. The shadow will then gradually leave the sum-
and the eclipse will end at 5h. 50n. 53sec. just 10
minutes before the sun sets to the 'nhabiiants oil
Bridpeton, having continued Oh 32m. 55sec.
Tie above calculations all made TO solar or APP
parent time being that which is usually kept IN
this place-the equation Of time is about GIN faster
by deducting from the times above, you will have
or clock time
As i, regards the earth in general and tho tract Of
country TO which the eclipse will be central and annu
lar it is stated 10 the American Almanac TO be as
follows:
Beginning to be visible in the unknown regions near
the north pole, the central ANGULAR eclipse will pass
through hainSclalka III ASIA, Tue pit1su pooScS-
sons in North America, not far west OF Iudsons Bay
Lake Superior Wisconsin Territory, Michigan. the
northeast part OF Ohio, southeast part OF Maryland
northeast part Of Virginia, and into the Atlantic
Ocean its course being from northwest 10 southeast
The eclipse will be annuar over space of~42O miles
wide.
The ring in the places where ii may be seen, will
continue only from four TO about six and a hall min
ures. At Baltimore, the eclipse will begin at 6m.
past Z. NJ. The ring will be formed at 81 min.
past 4, and be central at 40 min. past a. The eclipse
will end al 40 min PAST s.. At Washington City and
Richmond the several phases will be within small
fraction of minute of The same time AT Raleigh
within about two minutes Of the same time. But
there no ring will appear. The sun will be a very
slender crescent This crescent will be wider, with
horns less sharp 90 south and southwest,
and north and northeast, from the path flhe cen
trail eclipse.
This path first touches the earth at point near
the north pole, little east ofthe meridian Of Green
wich. In few seconds afterwards, lit atans lis
greatest northern latitude whist for the first eight
minutes il moves rapidly westward until it is 90 de-
prces west Of that meridian. In ten minutes after
passing out of the U. States into the Atlantic Ocean,
leaves the ealth point about "a degrees north
latitude, and So west longitude; just hour So min
utcs and 80 seconds after its first touching the earth;
having t,ayerscd somewhat crcuItous track Of 5000
miles in length and las we said beiorc) the whole
annular path being APO miles in breadth. 1t reach
es, in width, from Fairfield county, in Connecticut,
nearly to Raleigh, in N. Carolina.
This will be the last central eclipse Of the ysi-
bic in the United States, until May 26, 1854. The
next total eclipse Of the sun will be August 7,
1869.