The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-08-05

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twilight and the corbha fts sesff. qssrh
ry is intersected lhereaamGl, EhereoIitsaf Nsh,rr
ing rays, extending oee1H to- Hbnsi dafaa3aS
distances from the sun and BEEN ~
self seen nearly as broad as the suns diam
eter When the cqf9 g "a tHf 4oi a aS;faa
appear very differently from .st@ifass We hsve
IN daylight, or eVenatnight ,}EheshaTprs
ness and blackness of distant fhil9 sfsfate
often been noticed. - -.,. -s2so51oa
OF rosy color and irregular g shape are a.
very marked feature, II hese are cloud ikeae
masses seen projecting beyond ssthe sededF
of the moon, and are not generally visible
without telescopes, and have, long been, ass
we'll as the corona, mysterious in their OF.
igin. BUTT is now made certain Dy the
spectroscope that they are gaseous in ma.
ture; it was found, out by IL hotographing,
them that they1Mere connected iths the
sun, and that as the moon passed ,.oYeE,
them it hidthemi by degFea off HEY wore
phenomena of the lunar atmosphere thew
would move with then pI3n il fis B5IJE
they do nOtsd6iJ7yg, farnw SIT ftrss,i eyssI FRA
All these piIeHoniuna cam 5tif5 BeEol Jsef-
we'd by great conceRtratio neef IetfOrt,Y,anGr
by division'of laboEai AVAe1iItll 1tiangl0f
observation Of the most imp extends
only from two to eightIhimu tes, :sittas plafn
that much expedition is necessary, In case.
Of the eclipsei Of the present be- dt %
ration istabout three minutes 1reaT sthtg
central line. h"s Hit'ii@1fnsnn e!' i8foTs, i,iza
In passages the fafe of a, battle .oE~an
assault has turned upon a tbtafi eclipse &of
the sun. Xenophon. fellsns that the town
Of Larrisse was taken on account of the,
fright ofthe Inhabitants Wien the sun was
covered witira,cloud. ThisscirrnmstanCe,
casually mentioned in the,Anabasis(B Book
LII, sectionnv.) has enabletly astranonexss
tomake certain that, a totalateclig5se1 tpoagt
place thenIand there, and has; eveaanbeelz
ofliuse inicurrecting the .llnar tab1es1
Other ecllpses&Df note IN history werD
those mentimed. by Thalesy 565 vBt!5 Gan
that connected with the expaditionvEfff
Agafhocles againstf G arthagg5 iB0nQ Gar 31O5g
and amleclipse, which elpedIlt0fafecidss
the battle of Stiklastad JainthH JSeanfialaks
Nianannals. Columbus lis. saiGlsto lha7er
acquired great renown among5thes 1diSn8
by predicting lunar eclipse5frwhich itwas
probably his only means 9of q1etirnainiher
his longitude, andJso thedistanceo of A1neRs
lea from Europe In modern otimesieYxh1
have often heard of the panicterrnH0f fGsH
norant popu1ationsi;0an and thereaar evetS
stoaiesI that inEheie eclipse of 1896, persons
here and there thoaghtlsthe ii udgmHnt
DAY was coming almi
a3IheSe phenomena havel8 however BE-
comeTsowell KNOWN and jastrononrvaf1 as
penetrated to so distant parts of hIeioarths
that no civilized people necdnfear.t llaur
nydnnger: and they are simply,tolbaire-
gardedias examples the CunVaring DAVIS
OF nature, and asto observation-disclosures 1iSiw
OF those laws ;NNen the sun is graduafEw
ye1ldang, up ttaesecrets ofiits fiery nlutIo
10 the unWeared scrutiny oftscience land
NO sinall advantages lsagainedlf bE theoaEG
sence OF the d1reetfightt Of the 'b0dt .if5
selfan studying those glowing tmos1heug
which surround IT. and have. sonrnl1ghetu
do with the life of the sun itsel f44.if,yrS
nlayC use q lriaU ohm Hersohel,s tip11rasgYfs
speech TBlatiVeato the solar aotivi5y.u.3IEsf
IA most important use, ofSeclipSesyt to ta5H
mind oflthealRorld, isithe proofwhichtAeu
affordic of the iunerring 4certaintVlrwitf1iH
their ownisphareg ,shes lazy of nats1r1R
Theev dBncefaforded by'ordi1ary astromI
Omicat aphenOfTatia lis more convincilsa linz.
scientific mfndsg as 1T is cunaulativelin i4s
character FfIera5'at& 1hofesuoh examples
of the fXitg of nattra hlaMs e0nstantiy3 bn3
forethe astrononierashd than cam readiSv,
be numbered S1thb aftermath ngof flight and
dafkm ess, nof satnme and winner, the,ebb
andflowt0f the tides, the course of. the
moon end planets, and $50 on. But an
eclipse, and especially a total eclipse, of
the sung6s'So tlr6 and spFptising-sai phar
heMenaj 'tindtits Oo6lTefie9 cam be 80 neEI
tenly predicted 'nlany observation-disclosures
10 the5Fe9y dayg lrdur, aand nainlIts,vanrY
almost see6fd3 shat all wholieorle ltsishfn
Its range 4ti1fibe se6Iapeltsd tst0 a5latUvgl-
edge th6a1HFating nature of tia@s lAwSjuf
astr0n0Ay7 1Taeg1lffidsl oh1at, 9dnHeed,
point to those laws as 9vide NhatM1fen
one Shuts ,Ms'e yestospirftta traGll.lle can
se6'fio God .Iius mature 3s'bu5 diiendF the
greatest z inteifgctul 'us tiium plis mef trus
ghfistianitySis to show t La tlthe. EaggSoE
nature are INTEL igfb le to- ma nonly1beeau
tAe Ford hasirAade us after Hisa9nagean
Fike1ess, and He has made them s1fTsatlfeif
SV4 limits TRFaring fUFaf analogoussreaa
s6ff ttl1atshe has made the ggWifD%ahorfun
eaftA firm aasl e. ourSe6t q 60uiyeaussome-
BA4ng s6A which we 'etsn estaa5 IB& oaarsdlRes
eA d Afihr' uhyeIteiAlS'F9S aSlsi OF CIl0AguC ahu
attiongahd onlw hioh ouFo mental f1edifces
can beraisaa, trusting fnJH Ills laws HS&1-
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