The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-29
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In the Boston Traveller hnd the following account
OF observations OF the SUMS total eclipse. taken at Lila
Edet in Sweden on the 2slh of july by Mr. Bond. OF
The Cambridge University Lila Edet is in latitude s.
|07 Longitude ~ os east OF Greenwich:
My telescope removed under the shelter OF large
rock TO avoid the annoyance of brisk breeze from the
southwest, which al one time troublesome but the
coming OF the darkness seemed 10 produce the sngu-
lar effect of hushing the winds into silence for the mo-
ment Of totally preceded by calm like that which
often marks the approach OF thunder storm.
For the first contact which presented little Interest,"
watched long time After losing The sun once or twice
in the clouds, I observed il toerably we'll Meanwhile
the sky clearing delightfully."- heavy bank Of cir
osIatus IN the west was rising slowly that II was
now nearly certain that we should have ful6lmen, OF
all that we could wish The telescope was placed close
to the ground and made perfectly firm with piled
lis tripod. lay at full length on the turf, the eye
piece of the telescope only loot from the ground.
AS the time drew when the moon was to com
pleey the sun, the clouds dispersed entirely from
It's neghborhood. leaving thin veil OF cirrus, which,
without question, often accompanies the most perfect
vision. Such, Tor instance the the night
when we established the fact OF the ring of Saturn
II now had similar effect for the definition of the edges
Of the sun and moon remarkably excellent A few
cumuli gathered round the horizon
Until about five minutes before the time of total OBJ
scuraton, had leisure to watch the general effect the
landscape OF the increasing darkness Ii is common
error though great mistake to suppose that the ark
ness Of loaI eclipse is of The same kind with that OF
night and Of equal intensity An ordinary starlight night
when the moon and twilight absent is much darker
thCkest darkness that shrOuded the
joy and gadness compared with the peculiar light
mating from the corona which encirces the moon when
the eclipse is total
The outline OF the Lunar mountains was finely pro-
eced IN profile upon the and these, as the crescent
OF light narrowed produced singular appearance on the
southern cusp Presently. watched ineny, the edge
OF light was broken up into beads, moving toward the
point The complete covering OF the suns disc by the
moon succeeded inslananeously Up to this point may
say that was in great measure prepared for all that
saw. had seen other ecpses, and this was like one OF
IN chanr pht uEogn in
less than tenth OF second so entirely alters the
that the second which precedes the instant OF total OBJ
scuralon gives no idea OF what to follow Some
seconds elapsed before | had my thoughts sufficiently
about me to remove the screen from the eye piece. What
then saw it is utterly beyond my power OF language ade
quatey to express The coronao OF white light which
circled the dark body OF the resembed the
la glory. by which painters designate the person OF
the Saviour It's radlaons extending from the circumfe.
renee to distance equal 10 about onehaf OF the suns
diameter suppose il must be some peculiarly in it.
light which gives such strange aspect TO all natural oh.
jecs by it.
Rose coofed flames. at the same instant with the
roma, appeared on the suns edge The sight filled me
with nnminged inexpressibe admiration An arch OF
light like rainbow connected two OF them, not so brlgh,
as they were The scene wa. as surprisingly beautiful
the heavens could scarcely have been more taken by
surprise than was when saw these iamelike proml-
nences projecting from the inner edge of the corona.
My eye at the telescope, with the exception OF
glance Two about me at the landscape shrouded in
darkness, the whole time during which the total phase
continued. They seen. however. by many with the
naked eye In Goenburg newspaper, which have
since they compared 10 the sparkling OF the Ko
hnoor diamond. Capt. NJ. and his family them with
spy-gass Capt. S. was on Lake Wennern at the time
and altered his course so as to come within the shadow
He saw them both with telescope and with the naked
eye alone Mr.. Lasseil, at Trohatta. and Mr. Airy, al
Goenburg, equally fortunate with Before the
end of totaly the left hand fame disappeared entirely
perhaps covered by the advancing limb of the
Those the side which the first 10 leave in
creased until the moment before the edge Of the APP
peared when the rosy gh, sulsed the limb OF
the moon where the sunlight first broke FORTH and
then all vanished quickly it had al first appeared
The light OF day had sooner returned than wen
to my TO record all had seen. only stopped &c
notice the shadow OF the to the southeast, where
the sky black night. while were already in
the sanbeans had scarcely reached my lodgings long
before the last contact when the entered the bank
clouds in the west and concealed from ou'
sights but all that could desire secured already