The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-09

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minutes past 6; duration of total phase, min
ute 30 seconds; time of beginning of total
phase, 900; end of total phase 6.O69; begin
ming of eclipse penumbra sos; end of eclipse
penumbra 6.14. 1t was the grandest spectacle
ever behcld here. During the total observation
the stars shone about as brightly as at night,
and chickens went to roost three quarters of
an hour earlier than usual. Business was
almost suspended in the city, so great was the
impression produced.
CHARLESTON, August THE eclipse COM
menced at 4.45, and covered two-thirds of the
disc of the sun. The weather was clear.
RICHMOND, August THE solar eclipse to-
day brought out the population on housctops
and in the streets, armed with smoked glass
for observation. The weather was clear.
BosToN, August THE eclipse was OBJ
scured here by floating clouds
NEW YORK, August The solar eclipse
was observed by hundreds and thousands Of
people in this vicinity. During portion OF
the time light clouds passed over the face of
the sun, but did not in any degree affect the
sublimity of the spectacle. When the eclipse
was at its height the rays of the sun presented
to the naked eye wavy appearance, like an
aurora boreals, and the clouds in that portion
of the heavens were rich with rare colors. AS
tronomers say that no protuberances in the
sun were seen here.
W ASulNGION. August - / nc SOAR cClpSC
this afternoon was witnessed by many persons
on housctops, in addition to throngs every
where in the streets. The weather was clear
and cool. Occasionally light clouds intervened,
when there was a good view of the phenome-
non with the naked eye. The previous de-
sCriptions of the appearance of the sun were
realized. Shortly after the greatest obscura-
tion began to pass away soft bright sunlight
was gradually reflected upon the earth, and all
kinds of business, which had been suspended,
was renewed.
CmcAGo. August S.-The eclipse at Spring
field, H., was a startling and sublime pheno-
menon. The sky was perfectly clear. Prof
Pearcc, of Harvard, had charge of the obser
vations, which were made near the city reser-
voir One hundred photographs Of the eclipse
were taken. When the total obscuratiOn
took place, the heavens and earth presented
scene Of awful sublimity. A brilliant amber
colored corona appeared around the sun and
moon, shooting rays Of light outward in every
direction,
The planets Mercury and Venus, and a num-
Der Of fixed stars were distinctly visible, but
no planetoids between Mercury and the sun
were discovered. The brilliant rosc-coored
flame or prOtuberance was noticed on the west
crn limb of the sun during the period of total
obscuration, and Bailey's beads were distinctly
| seen.
At Mattoon observations were made by Pro-
fessor G. w. Hough, Of Albany; Professor
Murray, Of Rutgers College, New Brunswick,
| N j., and others. They used ordinary tele-
| scopes.
In the observations taken the phenomena
| coweSponded precisely with the computations
| previously made. Six spots were visible on
| the sun before the eclipse, two of which were
| very prominent, and the others much less.
| The cusps on the moon had a ragged and
| blurred appearance, and as the eclipse pro-
| gressed toward totality the form Of the moon
| became visible.
Baley's'beads were seen distinctly by all the
| observers, extending through an arc Of at
| least fifty degrees. The moment the eclipse
| became total, the flame-lille protuberances
| were seen with wonderful dstinctness-one
| very large one on the lower limb Of the sun
and three, nearly as large, on the upper limb;
| while at least seven or eight of them in al
We're visible. The one on the right hand, OF
| lower limb, had somewhat the appearance Of a
| full-rigged ship, with sails set In its part
nearest the moon were two or three jet black
spots. To the naked eye it seemed as thougi
| there were tiSSurcs or openings in the moon
! two on the east, and one on the southwest
| side.
Just after the total eclipse, through three
| openings, the lurid glow of the sun was dis
| tinctly visible The corona was not as gener
| ally described in the books, a halo Of light
| surrounding the moon, but was distinctly seer
| to be iive-pOnted prong on the lower and
| two-pointed prong on the upper circumference
of the moon. These points presented a radi
ant appearance. The generally received theory
regarding this corona, that it is the atmosphere
Of the sun, does not seem to be sustained by
the observations made at this poiut. II is con
iectured 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 totality phase, Mercury, Venus
Regulus, Mars, Saturn, Denbota and other stars
were visible. The temperature in the shade a
the beginning Of the eclipse was n degrees
during the totality As degrees, and at the enc
of the eclipse it had risen to 20 degrees. A
$40 p. NJ. in the sun on the grass it was 10,
degrees, and few moments after p. NJ. rose
to lO2 degrees, while during the total eclipse
it fell to GO degrees, but subsequently roso
to 50.
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| Minnesota has 5000 acres in flax.
| Nashville has midnight mission.
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