The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-12
The Eclipse.e.s : areso,


GUS quarters interesting accounts of
the most interesting astronomical
event of the nineteenth century, which
took pfaceJ ON Saturday. Iafterh6on.
We give place to the following report
of the appearance of the wonderful
phenomenon at Mattoon, Illinois:
RTAbs @sfsgsE1hs sfgs1sE4 5qnf Ct sehik Rl9ef lVfre
made by Professor G. W. Hough, of
Dudley Obssryatory, Albany, New
York Professor David Murray, of
Rutgers College, New Brunswick,
| NewJerset; HofessorL1 II. Easter
day, of Hillsboro, Illinois; Professor
John c. House, OF Waterford, New
York; Lewis Swift, of Marathon,
Courtlandt County, New 3rk,t and
Thomas Gunonds,I of New York City,
late of Dudley Obsefvatory!HiThe in
struments made use Of wefe the ordi-I
Diary telescopes, One ofrthem,i bow
ever, was provided with means for
measuring the diversion, q, the pro
tuberances of the sun and, the. corona
or surrounding hafe.l !Aichronograph
was employed to note faecnrately the
time of the different phenomena.
The time was, obtained. by telegraph
communication with DhdleyObserya-
tory at Albany, N. Y. AT ten min
utes and 1tifteeh seconds Payt itoHr the
eclipse commenced. The moons first
contaqtyith thel spa6 9ees.Tfed when
the foff1hhasqf foff1ha z IA RRsals f5 deggreG q sGdth of the
solar equator on the west side. The
thermometer, aWt7flieE b Hfew moments
before had risen to 102 degrees, began
to fail ApidI Y 81 i6Srad a6ll 7 4Ae, dark
ness of twilight spread over the earth,
Small Hies,T gratis ahdoother ilerahds of
night thickly fiuttered in the air, until
at eleven minutes past fiFe,5the liiiaai-
meHs exclamation e4elaanllsaat .fEqqm q the eager
spectators announced the visible adj
vent of the, first star lRegHlps). An, et
AT precisely Il inifiutes'and II Sec
onds past 5, the suns shining face be-
came totally 6Bstui'ed; ahdn star after
star appeared. The corona threw it's
brilliant eorruscatioi1sH ofaGNh6a $
Light aropha tie sack sphere for two
minutes and so seconds. The dark
ness was equal to that of a moonlight
night and tbe.eem8iPefF was ~ 'dee-
grees cooler than all hour before.
The eopptenanees q, the SPECTATORS
assumed a chastity, unnatural hue,
The SKY sIkk!W Wss ,.a Of i light pqrplish e9l9r
excepting near the horizon, where the
aspect 7Wasr Of that at5,g golden y Il radience
with which it glows after beautiful
sunset,n When at tle, close n Of that tbs, ,tto-
tality likea ffasRHefl'silvel@l lightning,
the first ray of sunlight shot suddenly
opt, ri piercing 4fi Y Jt the 69.fl and
again illuminatiagi the world: II The
eclipse ended at 8 minutes and "a ses7
onds past 6 o'clock y ~ hlIhLrfa5 fadI155
In the observations taken the phe+
nomena corresponded pEeeisely1a{Yitth
the computation previtbasfy imthialde imthalde
aeaaJspdaEIHste SiEiRb8m the sur4
face of the sun before the eclipse, two
rV&~hict1'sw ere,Eeryi yirpreaaineiit ,iaand
the others 'nil4 much les less. 30 The cusps on
the moon had ragged, blurred ap7
pearance. AS the eclipse progressed
toward 5otaEE thse form pfe fetheI moon
BECAME visible near the cusps of the
phekDoniattama ( Il j fotahify:: 3 Bamey's beads
were seen distiifet4yby afFthe ebserv-
eFsI YFEtFPrElpmgT FEFP Vp, " fhToHgh ( mCgc rf' offptt t
least fifty degrees. fhe m moment 81 Il It'll the
eclipse became total the flame.like
protuberances were seenlsWithn;Wbn+
derff fistjactRsssrone Ixerx laHge on
the lower limb Of the sun, and three
LIZ sSaas Bs gs II ban 81 d.tbs t pnsr51 'i limb,
while atleasB seveif Or eight of them
in all Werea4isible. i Eheo enc o On the
right hand or lower lipb Pgd bad 4 s4omFe- oFa. |
what the appeeaEa9ee pefFE y 9fjat IF = + IL -rfgged
EssbRinsWith fsils, ,seta2IHn fittf part nearest
the mpppr there were two or three jet
black spots visible e.te,t t9 tbs s1 99,1 9aked Eye
.ItReem es'the9ghh there MsGs open;
ings dfS q assures g.,s ip the poonEtwo GOD OF
the east side and one on the south.
west wesafdRe Side ethstea ejthste after tire totafa eclipse
Through the openings the lurid glow
lei ssf othe aesqia99 sNstipstly Visible
. Thecorona was apparent to alk2ob
serYers, eitheEt- With OF 6i iifhEstru
|3e9t8 1T wrgg3pgg g3p RE genegss1sy1 1dfgs
crfbed III BOOKS, &c, a halo Of 1igh
surrounding the moon, but was dis
tinctly seen to be Painted hEens
ION the lower and two on the dpSel
! ctfcumfereneezsef~the the mooM Thesl
points had aaTadiapf sepearance Eth
laenaralI S.rece;3ed> >stfia aory SreoaEdin