The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-19
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THE Sol Ar ECLIPSE TO-DAY.
TAat LuminAry Will Look I'm
FORK, Ohio and south Carolina.
70 TasE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD.

- y91t kumhmory Will LOOK In
FORK, Ohio and south Carolina.
10 TzE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
NEW YoRK UNIVERSITY, Oct II, 1855
Tho following results Of computation for the solar
eclipse OF Thursday today may interest the public Tho
computation made for the geographical position Of
the New York City Hail. by Of the tabular places
Of the sun and given In the American Nautical
Almanac. But the time Of beginning, greatest phase,
and end of tho eclipse thus obtained are also subj
GENTLY approximation for any place within the city
suburbs At the greatest observation nearly three
fourths of tho SUMS diameter win be covered by the
moon and the may be seen, If the clouds permit in
the form Of crescent with the horns pointing down
wards The horn towards the west will however, be
considerably elevated than that towards the east
Eclipse begins October 10, h, IS IN A. NJ, City Hail
mean tine
Greatoss observation, 10 h. 80 m. A. H., City Hall
Eclipse ends 0 h. 10 m. p NJ City Hall mean time.
AT greatest obscuraton the moon covers 1900 Of the
suns diameter -s G. w. CoAKLEY.
From the Boston Traveller, Oct 81
On Thursday 10th Of Dcober the centre OF the moons
shadow will pass North America, and part
OF several of the United states central eclipse of the
suD-the first central eclipse therein that Of May
"a 1854 except the July IS, 1850, which
nwashfngton Territory, but not in any other State.
As the approaching eclipse wiz lake place at time
when the quite the earth aad satellite 1T
AIS greatest possible distances tho apparent diameter othe
will be much less than that OF the sun, and the
its duralson where near Olympia Washington Terri
tory) vi he about six and half minutes; near Nash
viie il viii be minutes, hftytwo seconds; near
Charleston eight minuues twenty seconds, and where
greatest, .riz-at the place where the eclipse viii be
central III noon nine and one-third minutes or nearly
three longer than Olympia although the width ef
the ilg viii be II u less than near Oympal IN
consequence Of the rapid decrease of the apparent
ton OF the from the in longitude whilst rising
from the horizon the merriap, which motion will be
in one minute Of time-25 g. sec near Olympia and
only Is l6scc at the place situated in LAT % deg 5Orn
N Nv.
The path of the central eclipse the United States
will b. well represented by nearly straight line drawn
q lsap a point about miles N NE. of 0ym-
pa 10 Jefferson, No. and thence about eight miles N T.
81 Nashville and Of Charleston 10 the Atanac and two
other lines drawn parallel thereto, towards the ~ e.
and W. end distant thercirom about ciety-iivc geo
graphicat hundred English Ini5es wl include all
thai portion Of country in which the eclipse will be
@nnlaf og the whole OF the moon VAL 20 seen on inc
sun bat under the central line only viii the ring be OF
Uniform width throughout
II viii BE- found thar a very large part Of Nebraska
Missouri and Tennessee, all but the n. Z. and w.
ponions, is included within these lines; also the n T.
part Of Kansas Alabama the southwestern alr Of
Kentucky and the northeastern OF Georgia the south
wcsernpart OF lows Illinois. and or North Carolina and
the whole of South Carolina except the northern portions
Of Che districts Of Chetericid Marlboro and Marion and
that OF the principal places al which the eclipse will
be cnnn,ar are IN
Washington Tcrrory--olympia steilacoom sc.
0regon--Pertiand tprobabiy but is very near the
southern limit.
MISUNDERSTANDING Pawnec Nebraska &c
Ransas-Leavenworth, Lawrence, Atchison Lecomp-
ton, &c
*
Inde pendence, New Madrid, &c.
Jowa--Connci Bluffs, &c
lllinos-Cairo, Quincy vandalia Metropolis Contra
liza
lndiano- Evansville, bonneville, Rockport &c.
Kentucky-paducah Hickman Hard ngsburg, &C.
AIabama-Hunisviiie Athens, &e.
Georgia-Savannah, Millcdgeville, Augusta, Athens,
!. university OF Georgia., nc.
North CarolDa--Franklin Waynesville, huntsville, sc.
South Carolna-Charleston, Columbia, Oron2eburg,
Beaufort Summervc, Port Royal, Hilton Head, George
town, &c.
a ~. PATH or THE CENTRAL ECLIPSE
BY the tables OF lie Vcrrer and Hanson, given in
the English Nautical Almanac for every minute OF time
of the meridian Of Greenwich while crossing the United
Saioe and for every nth minute during the remainder
Of Its passage the earth
Elpticty 1-300th.
At Oh. 40m 48 Sec, p NJ, a. 4. g., the sun will
rise centrally ecpsed, the central eclipse will begin
near Olympia, in Washington Territory, and
At Oh. I'm D. 2sec. r NJ. the will Get centrally
eclsed the central eclipse will end place in the
interior OF Africa about eight degrees east by north OF
Cape yerd.
Hence the whole time of passage OF the central eclipse
the earth Will be 3h. 20m 80 i<sec.
THE ECLIPSE AT SEVERAL PLACES IN THE UNITED
STATES.