The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-08-07
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

North America The places where II
vii. be total are confined to a mario "
belt about one hundred and fifty miles
wide, extending 10 south easterly di
rec.ion across the continent. The phe-
nonena is looked for as curiously TO-
te,estIng, aud is awaited with lmpa-
uence by men of science. In this sec
t;on the eclipse viii only be partial.
Astronomical calculations indicate that
in the latitude OF San Francisco, (and
Of course about the same at this place,
the partial eclipse begins in the after
noon al 1:26, is at its greatest at 1852,
and ends at 3:3s, and will obscure over
one half of the diameter of the suns
iisk. From good authority We obtain
the following
The partial shadow of the moon first
touches the earth 10 longitude west from
Washington l3S deg, aad north lati-
tude 81 deg. The umbra, or the total
shadow, touches the earth ia longitude
les deg. west from Washington, and III
north latitude So deg. la other words,
At re FIRST of these places the dark bod,
Of the moon is seen to touch the SUI
earlier than al any place, Jast as The
SUI is rising. The umbra of the moon
travels at first in uoriheastly direction
towards Behring'S straits, when
bends gradually eastward, and from
Behring's straits i, begius TO travel in a
sou.heasterlY direction. which general
direcIIon it holds across British America
and the United States. To speak defin
itety, the central line of the path OF
The umbra enters the territory of the
United States about 200 miles north
west of Fort Union. which is situated
At the junction of the Yellowstone and
Missouri rivers. From that point
enters aud crosses Dakots in a soUtheass
direction, touching in its course the
following states, viz : Iowa, Illinois. !
Indiana. D-ntueky. Virginia, Tennes-
see, and North Carolina.
The nearer poiats are TO the central
lie mentioned the greater will be the
magnitude of the eclipse. This will be
the mos, Interesting eclipse that has
occurred or will occur in the Uuited |
States for many year. II becomes total
upon the earth in Siberia, at sunrise
At Eoo1 it is total ia Alaska. The
tetali'F ends ct sunset in the Atlantic.
TEis coming event" is thus referred /
to By the Springfield, Mass, Republi-
can
II is universally known, of course,
that the suns eclipse Is caused by the
earta passing INFO she moons shadow;
and owing TO the great comparative
smailuess of the moon, its shadow rap
idly fades to mere dot, and the phe
nou,eaon Of a total eclipse is therefore
soue what rare When il does occur,
The shadow seldom covers SO large a
portion of toe earth 5 surface as it will
"a this occasion. The actual time of
the passage of the central eclipse will
'.a two hours and thirty minutes, but
10 appareu, time, as measured by the
hours al the places OF begin.ing aud I;
ending, viii be fourteen hours and ten.
MINUTES. 1t Will be noticed that its
course is in the form Of an eclipse,
and the extreme Iimirs of the obscura- {
ton embraces nearly ore halfthe earth 5 ,
while the central circu- ,
sr patch of darkness will be about l56
niles in diameter, and move at the rate
IL 2 22l miles an hour. Great prepsra- !
ioGs have been made by tDea of science ,
o observe this phenomenon, and few
points for its study will
zck representation of savans.
This eclipse occurred last on the 2Stb
J: July, 1851, aud e'total phase was /
-.sibie in the Arctic regions, and in Z
~ eden, Norway, and Russia. Old PEG :
BE give graphic accounts of the effect
srodacei on timid minds long ago By ,
BE- occurrence of a solar eclipse. The t
looked upon the phenome-
.oB With awe stricken fear, and tron-
lied lest i, be the beginning of the end a
Il all things earthly, while the more 7
Intelligent experienced feeling of
Tread, notwithstanding the fact that
hey Thoroughly comprehended its ma :,
1re. There was something solemn!s '
W fui 10 the observation of the sun at !
1000 Gar-in the bowling OF dogs and
he strange fear that sudddniy pervaded n
he Whole of tie animal kingdom. v
'aose times have gone by, however, and
ne enlightened Part of the world is