, 1869-08-10
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE,
Accounts Of Observations at Ia
rlous Points.
IOWA.
AT DIES MONIES,
Spec.a. pegpatch u The Chlcago Tribune.

Special Despatch 10 The ChA:ago Trltu1e-
DEs MoIsEs, August
The following additional facts and CONCLUSIONS
Eeia1ise 10 the eclipse are gathered to-day:
The LItehaela paE.J took valuable sPcctroseofie
nbsers ntlona. Prof. Peters found the une iudI-
eating the presence 0! red hydrogen, and the D
line double, indicating sodium, IN aif the proiu-
berauces- lie saw, al.o in Aone, the t!ue line F
for hydrogen, and the ttne, which is sioiet for
hydrogen, with greeo and other co{ored lines IN
the SPECTRUM, the characters Of which arc not Set
nxcl. lie thinks the results will te fouad 10
thrux much light On the question Of tie suu's
constitution lie TOOK no spectrum OF the coroua- |
Rogers observed the protuhcrances Wiin .
u4tcruuettF. ue found tie extension Of the !
lowest TO ra1y from ihtrt1.1ye 10 |
fuEtJ-one thousand mIIes ffota the 4asc Of ths |
You'd tie sosar disc, equal 10 etsnteen 1housaud
miles lzore or 1olal III u!ty-st1 thousand uIles
!rutn the suns slTfc*:- Inat tie yat.atlon in Tho
,:c2ss due TO the change In the luuIr position IS
proven By the fact thnt the apparent height was
Greatest uesr the tune when The moons edge
LIE appearance thas Of large humber u! small
cun.s clouds closely packed tosesheE, and ilb1ed
red he saw NJ slE1a INT noticed lhst the summit
WIS lighter nue than the fsst Gl the STRUCTURE
PM. Peters thinks II established that the moon
bus 10 rcftactlse atmospheric becassc the cuspa
thEou.houf. 1t WIZ, however, stated in ny LETTER
u last evening 1nat these cusps were stnstplJ
p Rounded bt!o7e .otalsty. though sslarp alter T.
This paItj dill not look ioE ne'f pantta, and dis
COVERED noue. Fetefs thlnks II highly lmpspasble
tn9t there are ADJ, except they exist neteofie
bestt be has taken alr1osr daily obsef7atiops Of
tns slh foT tHenly-ns year1 past and wouN n.
most cxrtMuly have witnessed I transit aclpsa the
sun dir: Il the5e bad Aea any plaoese there, te-
sttiAee EtE. oftep Unless the Utbita aoult ks e1-
cert'una1y Inclined to the plane Of the ecltptc,
believe that TIE observations OF Tie eclipse en le
liz 10 set down the alleged discovery 0! Vulcan
t"lne years since, aa Il myth, # not traId, and
there seetns rcas"n TO think that Le yerrer &c.
certetf the statement 100 hastily. 1t Ii rert4.n
that no great amount III capital h1s teen nauufac.
tured for the dlscoSerer out OF LIS premature en-.
The staf Et1t,er, IN m Otherwise ralua,,le arti.
cle, H1udtB 10 comparative erTuts Of computation
tn the part Of two gentlemen hcrs- NeitnrE was
ne results varied slightly, according to thr quun.
titles taKcn rs the staEuug point. Tae ubssrra-
tons SIMPLY ptove-wiat ilau been before sus.
ui The EAellsh Nautical ALMANAC Calculate 1ur
E.ot!On Vi The moon in her urttt, ase 1uury nearly
exact than those used fur tue Aurfit.an Epneme-
rss but that the exact festrsc Is tie Case with
regard to the values Of the moons angular 1uas1I.
tuuc, The American values being the llust elact i
crtpancy iu the observed duration Of toiaiiiy Tie
1nalurtty made It tHu minutes 1fty-twu u1l Il haIf
sceotdE, hut one made It two ttty -six and Rogers
gave IT rs tE0 my and eixhtttnths Of sulaf
time. While there Is sone difference about the
bl'scfvations which should correct thc estimates
of magnitude there Is UNANIMOUS ayterIleut
ttat the american t;sbius were TOO fast ID rcgari
TO the orhiral tnOunh-
Professor Lane followed the moons eastern lIh,-
be thc corunal light ,lDg'ns the edge til Two mln
ntts md four seconds after toialtsJ. In
order 70 i'e scea ut that unt tue fight
Ht1st hare been 6erentE.four thpusauI miles
Irum the solar body. 1t will be remembered that
IN nur description written immediately after tie
ccliFEe, tho coronal light stciled tu extend fal.
teneton noticed ony tIy Professor Merton amt
11!r writer. III rrolutIc that the CORONA extent-
Ell much farther than this. as tue Light irom it's
nust exterior PORTIONS. tseing itsvI only rejected,
wnnll not Illuminate the dlsc OF the tno0n, aud It IL
doubtful whether cttetIrrAhIe hreu!tn Ut the
xeii.lunltaous rt1otorphcrc tc not required to be-
orner to noW Of tt belilR seen tn thu nil,t II tho
nood Of direct fight then pouring IN un The cd1c
western edge was 1tsittie III like fnaHuer, tefurr
the tota u1'ecrrAth,n. hut the Interval wns less,
:inK oDiy -, = s,soads wn,sn wopsse about
Professor liarkncHs, Of the SlvAl Observatory,
war yet} successful; he OJtnnCtl FpcCtEI OF nse
pF.1narfanerz, aui war able 70 gc, chart NJ the
ting PHI hS thc noon; lie tuuk uuUthes view Of ihe
eni'fe rroaleiaace,. Ffoa, this 10 Ma* a't'e to
b'on tint four 70 slx, o1 m9rc, elementary .nab.
tlnlcch rxIft In the lnse Of thc pgotuteFace, md
TINT the nnt,1'rr ittreases will lhu hc4ht frum
--hydfUacn-- scnatu1 Ii would to fatcschttnx to
rpccutate IN tue CAUSE of thcau successive 'ilsap.
r.arancss q elcn,ens, whe.hrr; Ii bs ~
,sln, M Vi tsmperu,ure Al % With lily sspors:. y
larhnnss fouiis! thu hydrogen lInes III NJ. toium
tutr,nrrTa Iir fmIIi., siM. mn ~ ,nsi,w,, ,.
little more rctrauu,l,r than tl,.. .snn lille, iln
tl,tsr,rtiii1,nr,. thnn font. e NV Wv ~'1~ 1'~'
Itl,jnr it t,5nhmf,lN ihat thc nrt,,utr,nneex viii
ultimately t'e untAittnkal'tY hienstHcd with thu SIN
tr,ttinn M r1rrr,i frnIr fhr ra5th H,rn NJ n stot
ac ions dowis Into H. mi t nrrrara atk oui, f,S
.auan IL tIII,. tcst fSt,innl m,nsrs !, !u v
s" snT IT. s r9 n11 1g o. 'on rp1o @
~ ,s w. resn s,''r vi , tS sy ~ t Ut .np M w. "nsn
ttt T.. nntnrrt roInr .nt ta xnhf,rf ~, nr,..e.
Mane @ =, .1s - .', ~! 'a I NV P1oV'Me' nta
sa. IN, stn., nnnnnGnd M ~, ~ ~ ~. ,';.
saIte LING 1 S,iSe ~ ta. !nn o"es n5n.A
,r,r rhs Sc - in, uot rsoa"e t .net r. a. n.y. W.
~, IL - ~ .t5,, ~ ~ pM , ~ ne ul
f.,nf iInrEt1css rorr,mTstnh ts G ,sirf Tim, The
moon bas no n,,notphrr,' b, III rtsrtr,,m i'm of ~ a
s,nr t.tSn nj III. tatn,, of il ,"tnr ncsultri hy
liz. 1sMs,ll. tbs euectE1,M ,Kapnars through III
cntirr tcngth ut the same instant: whereas, II
there WIRE IN atmosphere It would causc shr morn
rcfrunTt,e .n,s Ut stle rpc,tun 10 disappear later
i'roiessor iiasknes. aiso ohtainesi 4 spectrum,
from 1hc corona. md found It continuous, with no
| absorption bautH. Th!A warranta the conc.uslnn
| TINT tho corona Ia dnc 10 tht luminosity Of sUt
| euhs1ancrs heated 10 m Intense Temperature,
IuL The pIesence Of one tEs sht Inc IN the spectrum
| iud1tates a!so the presence Ut glowing gas- II
| il cnnsls,crra certain that the corona is tetf-
1lDlIl1tH. hut &nE 1HCf fH8t jtA $nf Ia AtfSGH4T
niar,gsi. slsp no,nts uncrr,opEy 10 mo fsct thht
nnr;loI, nj ts firht !. FetectcI. The rnorn rpvt
~ ,nferor nor1fnn - nrnhos,iy thr nef iutnnua
nh,tnss,h".,, Fhuo TN rx,nrtnT ~ ,e,nyMa1 u1h1
rausrn T.. ,hc t.,s frnm he 5s.ttr sfnnttnt. ~ no
tSEn~,eh ~ ~ rnr. .,n13innus a,mosrher, s ~
us aisc M to.ny ,n sce tna ,rantItnl1y taken
| ser1rs nf me hnnure,i sni ,EeDtytSree nerat,yrs
faIen III Dr (.nTtta during the cciInsr tnr5nd,nr
two at fhc cor,1ns nt,,I rrp,uferancas iaken iusf
| within thu extYenes Of totai.rv. They h!low the
| principal protuberances much a. described in ny
letter, tut 10 uot show the pendant from the low
| est az seen By Df. UllEatd. The ntat ahnws the
eastern p1otube9apccr, the second shows the west
eEr1, when the moon had covered those on the
east; 10th fhow the lowest. :These plates show the
| co1uEc rs less broad In the DeI9hlsofhood Ut tho
rrotuberances, but much more regular in outline
thnn &ny former description, AND as narlng an
average brealth u about etehfy.nre thousand
| miles outward from the moon, OF one hundred
| aud Eve thousand miles rs measured from the
| aun's edge. These results arc remarkable as