The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-08-05
KENosHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 1859. +

en- On looking one moment at the sub
ject, we see the fallacy of this. Eclipses
of the moon can be seen everywhere IN
that half of the earth for. which the
moon is up at the time Of the occurrence,
Pbut eclipses of the sun are only visible
through smaller space of country. The
great eclipse of this year has its centre IN
Alaska +; 1t does not extend much south OF
the equator, nor great way into Asia
it is in some degree visible over the whole
. Of North America, and little way in the
Atlantic ocean; and covers about one-1tth
of the earth's surface with the various
boundary lines of its visibility. 4
/ And when we come to look at the 1ex
tent of total eclipse,we see that it extends
] over a belt of country about one hundred
AND sixty miles wide beginning in Siberia,
thence passing through Alaska, some OF
the late Hudson Bay Company,s territory,
part of Dacotah, most of Iowa, a. large
! part of Illinois Indiana and Kentucky,
/ part of Tennessee, most of NORTH Care
4 lima, snd9a little of northern Nebraska,
Minnesota, South Carolina, and Verginia.
This belt Of totality just escapes the fol-
lowing important places: Chicago St.
Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolisand Omaha;
and any one will find that belt one hun
dred and sixty miles wide, passing be.
tween Chicago and st. Louis. and avoid
ing Omaha on the SOUTH and Cincinnati
on the north, must pass about in the dl-
ERECTION indicated by the states mentioned
above. And you can represent, in a rough
way, thescourse of the shadow-that is,
: of the total portion of the eclipse-by
cutting out a slip of paper of the width
of the representative Of one hundred and
: sixty miles on any map of the United
, States and long enough to reach from the
y map-positlon of Beaufort, N. c., to that
:. of Fort Union, Dacotah. Place this strip
so that the centre of one end shall be
near Cape Lookout and the edge shall
4 Just lap over Rock Island and avoid Oma-
) ha. The path of the eclipse, however, is
somewhat curved, and the maps them.
selves distort the shape of the earth, $50
that you will not find such strip made
straight, to give more than a rough idea
Il of the shadows course. On the map
II use, for instance, Cincinnati and Indian
apolis would be thus included, and, ST:
Louis left too far to the south :. Il. 's-o'
: The phenomena, attending lunar ecfipses
are quite familiar to those who notice
q such phenomena, and in general are these;
The earth's shadow is seen at the pre-!
! dicted time to enter upon the moon, at
first a small circular arc, growing wider
and wider, and often of a pea green tint
until, when the eclipse is a tufge one it
is succeeded by a deep copper hue, finally
! overspreading great part or the whole
! of the moon. After this we can see with
: good telescope not only the general QUIT
lines of the lunar disc, but also special
? features, such as ranges Of mountains, the
circular valleys, so familiar to te1egc6pic
observation, and the great plains called
by the old astronomers "seas. - After d
y while herhaps an hour Or 'two-tfhe total
= ity ceases, and the partial eclipse recurrs
J and goes off in the inverse order of phe
nomena The most Striking thing abbdt
such an eclipse is the deep coppery hue ggf
p the moons surface &h Ta9''7' 5,',3i.1 y
Partial eclipses of The sun are more ore ex-
, act phenomena for observation; J Tie III IN
y dentation which is seen is tpbfoducedo by
4 the body Of the moon itself, and We s1me
times see the jagged prbminences Uff'lttifr'
: lunar mountains. l This, too IFS to be not
ed: that every solar eclipse appears at
different mag hittduides for different places,
Z because an observer at bne point can see
= further around The Intervening obstacle
p of the moofis disc thani at ah6ther!sI and,
? as will be inferred from What was befdfe
said, the same eclipse iiiay'be iabtt
! one place and totaf at another lhiniHY
PARTIAL eclfpses IF the sun Yield in I'M
: portancg to ianhilfdra In the latter, nfottir
phenomena are To be notfced n first, 1.-THE the
E beginning of The partial eclfpsesaor ifntde1-
j tationof the sun'ss disc; tfextt tie Begin
ming Of the tsnrular eclipse NAMELY the
formation Of the ring I Where y the & moon
is first Seen comp WITH nthe Sun, ana
its breaking up as the moon 5ccffbsses tie
bdtfdary of Brilliant lig is1ai11Ytd finally
the end Of even paItiaf eclipse The all
nular phenomena are much more accurate
|. " observable than those 6f. Iartial
eclipse !and tlie' formal ton and III ca K f I'll
fupio the fling, are Sometimes accom- raa1S
led bgiWhat.is called atBafys bgads. ofThe
rim Of light between the moons erl6e ana
that Of tbe,sdn IS Whenr very ffTISifrow.
Brokehup INTO points y p3 sr iissIcsof,g
neeted, like a Stirling Of eseasS 5sSlg,.
posed the Jagged p0ints of The ifi].sr
"a ms tause tllis dppearafcsE fs5sssSSl
iBGt at5taT eclipse 5f tllfE sad Sd sses 3
siblin4iBy, as swell ias II iiftefegEjaH 6fRsr
as6f6 h6ihicaI iphenoiheha whatever jTJ{j-
ring a[apaee of time, never e x3l6edibg
FsTgft EniifIates5 We observe tie t5asssAss5{
ff6a asuflliSaie 45a darkness dl,,,dssi1IiEEe.
Il IF rig IA BACK agalHia Iqgai sEty
| aslthH pdFsisl eclipse gro larger ana
Eargt4, changes it's tiiAtfs to- ari01s
\ described 46fA by riifSs4tA
Il with eFaR p6Tpl a1;tt IJifiig
fGdch 6eiFeSale ga fjfopePt -1pbe
i fftSon Is SO VIZ o the s5gsits7fsig
Towering more and mere tes4riii ii;Fs
+ BiaekH65s, AAI Afa more afs4 lA4F,te ;6f
i Cd IaIs 81, -.