New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-24
THE APPROACHING ECLIPSE.

On rrday. tie es;h Of May in the afternoon, there va
be an Ferp.e Of the Sun. visible throughout the On'd
STATE. and arnulsr in sore parton Of the northeast, FROM
the rnr,y Of 20 large an obscura0n j, viii no doubt OK nc
r,s, interest among Astronomers and others iners'oa "a
science The central line Of the 81 Sow Of the noon VII
fIs, touch the earth in latitude 20 Norh and 10 D
East longude-a Little southwest of the Caroline isni
in the North Pacific Ocean Thence VIII pass IN norm
easerly direction over the Carores ani north OF ue
Muscrave and Sandwich Islands touching the continent ''
North America near Cape Faitery. in Washington Tern
tory and reaches It's northern point as crosses me
Rocky Mouniains-ai. 49, 35 lon 05o. Thence IS dc-
focted southwark passing over the Baek Foot country
Mir nesota Lake Superior, Lake Hsron, Canada West,
Northern Newl ork, Vermont, Sewhampshre ani Name,
leaving the earth IN the Atlantic sooth Of Nova Scotia
lat 500 Is North lon sic 81 West From calculations
submitted 10 the American Academy Of Arts and Sciences
bv Mr. Paine i, appears that the Moons shadow thus passes
over 1851 degrees OF longitude and 80 OF latitude IN hours
nu,es and al seconds II also appears that the dura
ton Of the rnr where central in Washington Territory is
4! minutes which Is nearly its longest duration al any
place and in New York and NewEngiand somewhat loSs
than four althosgh the ring about ten seconds broader
and the distance between the Lines Of the northern and south
ern Limits If the annusr phase about thirty miles greater
in the northeastern than the northwestern part OF inc
United States. In the northeastern States those limits VIII
Be vel represented by lines drawn map, one rom the
southwestern pst of the island o Montreal the south
ern part o,he towns Of Gardiner and s., George Name
TO the ocean and another from Amoiasburg in Canada
West over Elsburg and Saratoga Springs IN New-iork
Bennington Vt Leyden, Sterling, Dedham. Msshhei and
Orleans in Massachusetts, These lines viii lie nearly par
se and distant about l45 English miles, and will include
between them the northeastern part Of New-iork nearly
the whole Of Vermont all but the northern part ot New
ampshre the southwest part Of Maine and, IN Mas
sachuses the Northeastern part Of the counties Of Frank
lin Worcester Norfolk Plymouth and Barns,abe, nearly
the whole Of Mddlcscx and the whole Of Suffolk AMI EoS
third line drawn nearly equidsant between the tso
Others from the southern part Of Isle Royae in Lake supc-
ror 10 Ogdensburg y. Y, thence Mdllobury VI.
Hanover Sanbornton, Glmanion and Rochester NH, to
the ocesn at Cape Nedock York, Maine, will represent
the Path Of the central eclipse fourth from Gibraltar
Point near Toronto CIV over Delhi and Kingston, ",
Middleown Conn., Block Island, RI, will that OF the
line of eleven ds of obscuraion the north limb of the
sun.
To present mnutely the path aud progress OF the
Eclipse we append the following tables. The time IN the
first table that Of Greenwich 10 reduce it to New(ork
deduct hours and minutes. The other tables give the
mean time at the places named
Pam he Ceaai Ecirss e Eh Frdry, Nay H
ls4 aoaing Tobies q DfaoseiH md Bweshldf f'i
rhs ne Worth Pa nc lcefn N1stH}
bri,h for minute dTtag fae
reroird,y of he time y ~ eoHf'nu'Hes m The Earn