New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-17
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, JULY IS, 1850

Felipe begins TT New-York ~ ION. morning.
Creates ohscurstion, co. i0in' morning
EclipFe er ds 9h. Ion. morning.
Woe dur-tion, two honrs.
The above cut represents the eclpse at It's greatest
obscuIatlon To view correctly, face the East ard
held 1t up and look through it toward the at the
time q the eclipse It's appear a, its greatest oh
seuraii. viii thus he The moon frat comes in
nact with the upper limb Of the sun, passing dovn
over the atm toward tie horizon.
W. Rave been f,rni,fed with the following descrip
ton and history Of this ecip-e by Mr.. Asa Smith,
formerly and for y years Principal of Publi Schoo!
No. -, in tbs city:
PATH OF TIE ECLIPSE OVER THE EARTH.
The Petumbro or partial sh i'ow of the moon, will
first in contact with the earth Al The bg OF the
sun ia the northern part Of Texas between the Indian
Territory ind New-Meyico; it will tnen take north
easierly and then outheastery over tie earth.
TIE UnBra or total DIRK shadow Of the moon will
first come in contact with the earth 10 the Pasiiic
Ocean 100 oi west Of The coast of Oregon directly
wet Of Oregon Ctr ar little TO the southwest OF
the mouth OF the Columbia Prsr 1t will then piss 10
roithes steIly direction British America 70 Had
some Bay, near Fort York, AT tho mouth OF Nelson
River, crossing Huassn's Bay and Labrador 70 Cape
Cbidey, which will be the most favorable position on
u continent for ohssrving the Total Eclipse II will
then .nter the AHaaic Ocsan passing due east until
nearly south Of Cape Farewell, the southern cap, OF
Greenland where the nm will he totally echpeed az
ward the southeast passing TIE north OF SPAIN the
Me6iterraI ear Sea- Ale's Tripoh, FezzaD the sJuth
western corner Of Egg. g. into Nubm, where II VIII
leave he earth the Red SEA- lite before me SET
ting Of the sun that place The path Of the Umbra
in which the will be totally ecipsed will he ony
about 20 uiles IN width whereas the Pen1mbrd IN
hich the will appear more or less edpsed, viii
extend from The Gulf Of Mexico TO ~ upon the opgo,
site tide Of the Norb Pole q distance of over BOO
mites. The Umhra in lie passage over the earth makes
curve line this caused BY the sphsrics' form OF
the earth II the earth we're ma snTise the pam o.
the Unbra would then be straight line from north
west to soutb.s at making angle with The Equator
of No. At all places sonh of the line OF toal eclipse
the Guns northern limb will be echpsei; but IN En-
rope, England Ireland, Gre inland, Iceland, and the
northern part If British Amer a, the southern limb
will be ecipsed
HISTORY OF THIS ECLIPSE.
The st appearance Of ibis eclipse since the creation
of the world according TO sacred chronologyJ was IN
the year A. D. 95S Dec g. old style 10 clock Som.
forenoon when tire moons pc ubbra lurt came 10 con-
tact with the earth at the south lie; it has appeared
every nineteenth year since aod at eah retu'n tue
moon q shadow pafs across the earth from west n
east little further W the north at each return, until
the year 1914 March 8 o. S. when the center OF the
moon shadow parssd little 10 The Forth Of the eart9
confer The moon being IA min. 46 from her de-
scendmg node which was lis 18th pc iodsI re'urnl,
II has continued To appear ev6y nineteenth yer snoe
1914 until this eclipse, which Is its 6ist periodical re-
turn. IT. next apps will he 10 1873, Jnly ~ at
clock % ain in the morning, visi lie IN the Unit,d
States. Ii will also appear again in 1896 Augast9 IL
i'll continue to pear every Dreteeotb ye u unal the
year 2274, April 25 when tb- moon, shadow viii just
iouch the earth st the North Psle which will be It's
10Th periodical end last appearance, Until thu expra-
ton Of L. 400 Years when II will come on again at the
South Pole, and 20 through similar course. Tue We
loey Of the shadow across the rsrth during the
eclipse will be about $50 miles hour, or four times
the velocity Of a cannOn-ball.
Mr.. Smith has published colored diagram OF thi,
eclipse.