Dakota City herald. [volume] (Dakota City, Neb.) 1857-1860, 1860-02-18
rlIE GREAT Eoitrsn

TAe lo'ul eclipse of the sun 70 ave place
on The ieth Of Jaly nest is lcossi fnrvnrj ~
ulth great solicit u1' ' tAs ,.... ..s roit
The Dtesl,c % shg Uvpt ..s.5 ..-y rof
he frst ic,.n4rk ,tst.. t'. ron.as; u.
'b.cara.1a four q. ..t 4....a. l's1.s.
Venus Mercury Jr.er dt'rsr .-r.'
appear 10 the vicinity la, r0Hp',i Ru- 8.
3 hial OF rhomboidal 6suree rhraonshN
Of snoa extraordinary rsr.y that many osn-
turtles wil elspsr batare IL, repetition. 80
lprkuess vii commence sad te ulaatscn ~
isnf. tbs l1Js'itlos bs;ag Cad.suia and sAs
shorcs sl tEe IvJ Sea n,ts.-a thssett-
'reme points this os,,p = vin D., vis,bla "a
Nsrih Awot!ct. !rcn wheuys ,he ra1as ssaa
w viii pass across the AUsst, s.r ,tsv.~ -
~ In total 1akno.a, m,'adEg - ~
Important towns iH that country; .,,ss,, ~.
Nmceut SlsunIcr, Bjlboa, yi,torla, BprRo..
PnnpcIuGt. Sarago-tA nod Valencia. The
ue Ut totality will then O oss the Acditer.
rrneau and cntor Africa, passing aorOss Al
gicrs, B,aan, Tesor, Sookoa, Sehba, GoddonN
aud MOu'auk Thus although thistem rks-
bic eclipse will noe be total IN any part q
Great Britain, It will be 80 in a large portion
OF Spain aud accessible portions cf Afriia.--
eorro popdsnt Of the Cincinnati GaIe,tt,
dating rrom the Observatory Ia ihsi oI,y. has
calculated the places of the four planets for
Washington, near noon of that day, and save,
We havos tradition Ia Chinese history that,
d trinS the reign Of Chwenl, all the planets
were in conjunction; aud NJ Daily. In his
"Ttaito dc / Aatrouomie indlenne,' has told
us that JuPaer, Saturn, Mars and Mercury
were seen IN conjunction short time after
sunrct on the 2s,h Of February, 24i9 n. C.
This voaa very remarkable phenomenon, aud
one Of 40 much interest to the ancieuts that
the Chinese made It the basis Of their ealoula-
tions
The approaching phenomenon lie one Of no
less interest though It ay be Of no practical
atili,y. Indeed, there should be a greater IN.
terest attached TO il from the fact that Il will
never again be repeated, We say never, beoauss
II is ex romely probable that soms millions Of
years will elNpse before these bodies will again
occupy the same relative positions The suu
will DO ecipsed here at seven O'Clock on the
morning Of July 18Th; a little more than one
half Of its disc being covered by the moons
SHADOW. At the the time Of to,ality, Venus
will be seen about Ave degrees south Of ;ho
sun, Jupiter eight degrees Of him, and Msr-
cuIy and Saturn at distances Of twenty six
and thirty degrees east Thesc four planets
will form 4 rhomboid theapelos at veuu
and Saturn being nearly equal g-r tho
benefit Of those who aye interested on tho
subject, tho following data are given p,.h
which they eau readily construct the "a
are.
D.snuces--Frou yenus to Mercury, %.
Mercury TO Saturn, Co. sLturu to Jupiter
22' Jupiter to Venus. lOo
Angie At Venus, go, at Msroury.
l5la At Saturn, Gaoi aad at Jupiter,
1872
Where tie eclipse ia total. these planes
will present sP.cudiI appearance, being 20
near together tlsl they eau be taken Ia ct
glance, und the gcometlica! figure seen ss
th ugh it we're ia reality marked out ,p 'ho
heavens. Missouri D,ue.r.,