The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-08-26

made at this point. It is coniectured
that the corona is in some way caused by
the phenomena of light passing through
the atmosphere. Although search was
made, no PLANETARY bodies were observed
between Mercury and the sun. During
the totally phase, Mercury, Venus, Reg
illus, Mars Saturn, Denibola and other
stars were visible The temperature in the
shade at the beginning of the eclipse was
n DEGREES during totally, As degrees,
and at the end of the eclipse it had risen
to 20 degrees
At 3:40ln the sun on the grass the Their
nometer was at 100 degrees. A few
minutes after o'clock it rose to 1O2 de-
grees, while during the total eclipse it
fell to so degrees, but subsequently rose
to 80 degrees
SHELBYVILLE, KY.
via EMINENcE, Aug z.
The observations made here to-day
were very satisfactory, and in many res
poets gratifying.
The following persons composed the
joint board Of observation for Shelbyville:I
Prof James Winton, Of Harvard Univer-
sity; in charge of the observations of the
phenomena, assisted by A. G.. Clark, of
Cambridge; G. w. Dean, of the coast
survey, in charge of the observations Of
precision, assisted by f. Blake Jr, of the
coast survey j. A. Whipple, of Boston,
assisted by G. Clark, and J. Prendergast,
had charge of the photographs Prof ].
NJ. Searle, of New York, devoted himself
to the observations of the phenomena,
and during the total phase was to search
for intermercurial planets Sub-Assist-
ant III. Agnew also devoted himselfto OBJ
serVations of generalphenomena, and had
charge of the observatory arrangements,
being assisted by r. E. Shared of Louis
vile. The meteorological observations
were made by Prof Seymour, of Louis
vile, and Robert Lewis of Shelbyville.
Among the amateurs present were Mr..
Bowdich, of Boston, q son of the celebrat-
ed astronomer. One of the most impor-
tant discoveries made by Prof. Winlock,
at the spectroscope. was eleven bright
lines in the spectrum of the protuberan-
ces Of the sun, only five having heretofore
been determined. He also observed a
shower of meteors between the moon and
the earth. The party are jubilant over
the success of the photographs OF the
sun, taken at different times during the
! partial ObScuratlOn
The beautiful red flames or solar pro
tuberances, were visible to the naked eye.
! Bailey's beads, as well as the dark and
dismal shadow of the moon sailing away
through the air, were noted by the party
of amateurs stationed on top Of Shelby
College. The sky was perfectly clear and
everything seemed to propitiate the sue
cess of observations. There were ten or
twelve mounted instruments in use Oh the
occasion, the principal one Of which was
the Shelby College telescope, which was
handled by Prof W1nlock, assisted by
Alvin g. Clark, of Cambridge, Massachu-
sets. This is a fine one and cost $4,000.
1t once ranked third in the United States.
4 Octurus, Vega, Venus and Mercury were
visible to the naked eye during the total
phase Mr.. Searle, whose duty it was to
search for intermercurial planets, did net
find any, reporting nothing. When the
sunlight became dina number OF citizens
rushed to the college grounds, the head
quarters Of observers. Eight minutes be-
fore the total phase, the usual phenomena
of distraction among the birds of the air
and the cattle occurred. Six minutes be-
{ fore totallity, deathly ashen hue over
, spread the countenances of all present,
and for while the faint hearted were
terrified. The scene during the totality
was an awful one, and when the sunlight
| appeared again a shout of exultation went
up from the great crowd in the college
grounds.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-THE solar
eclipse commenced precisely at the mo
ment predicted by astronomers, and at 3
D. M, the observation reached its maxi
mum, and the sunlight was reduced as in
partially cloudy weather. The tcmpera-
/ ture of the air was chilly. The wind did
not blowHasystrongly as usual at the time.
}, The day was cloudless.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 7-An un-
clouded sky allowed the many observers
gathered at this point to witness the total
eclipse with great distinctness, slight
haze only interfering with satisfactory
search for the planets supposed to exist
inside the orbit of mercury. According
to Prof. J. FL. Saford's observations the
first contact occurred at o'clock, 43 min
utes and IA seconds commencement of
total observation o'clock 40 minutes and
80 seconds and of totality o'clock 48
minutes, % seconds last contact o'clock
45 minutes II seconds. These points OF
\ time being from to 20 seconds later than
\ calculated according to Washington
sphemeries
Prof Hilgard, observing it at another
point noted nearly the same discrepancy
between calculations and observations.
The corona, nearly rhomboidal in form,
was very distinct, and extended at some
| points half a degree beyond the edge OF
the suns disc. ose.colored protuber-
ances appeared to the number of five or
six, the greatest being on the suns south
: western quarter. Prof Hardness obser-
vations of protuberance on the spectre
3 scope shaws different spectra for each ;