The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-22

horizon. Saturn occupies position Of sone int
iwo-ihirds Of degree. az an angle o. aS deg. from
the ver'ex o. tho same iowa ds tae ler OF easei
wherefore the planet mar be- involved IN some Of the
longer rays which have frequently been remarked
regularly outlined portion NAilcdiasey encircina
Altar, the principal! star o. tho mrs. magnitude, u
q q aes. in azi,natS , Il des. east o. south
tabcut socthcast); Aniares n eccrpio, -
%s gi". an o. a sps o. q asg sd Sr
turns, almost Que west ant q deg aoove the
h 30 Tpese s; a aa Pr,9as S,srs 4 may
person observing 4 total solar eclipse for he nrst
t,inc wil no dou find inore attractive occupation:
The unnatural gloom; tho striking aud beautiful
coiors displayed fn tie sky and on the clouds car
mine, violet, orange and Other hues; the strange
cnect upon persons and ghosts around, and other
phenomena repea euiy Witnessed on those occasions
are pre.y certain to force themselves MS atten-
ton. woad particularly suggest watch upon
the approach OF totally TOR The rdshEg Of the Ao6n3
shadow shsslSh she az u siIi Pass Gl.salsaf Ton
miies per minute. 1t war cc,Iaialy a nost notable
characteristic OF the eclipse " 1861 ut my station,
AMI IN one description OF the eclipse Of August
as having beea seen "fapiay approaching IN tho
arr aud 90 going upwards from tho western
horizon liss a dark clrtain.n
WHAT SOLAR ECLIPSE REVEALS.
we we VIII ras9 to we consideration Of The pneno.
particular point OF interest attaching observu-
tions OF the one under notice. We lsay the Swans
from solar eclips Us OF two kuus One refers to
the movements OF the Noon; tae other TO TIE phys
Just little that we may dlslaiss II " saving
that the appearance OF te Moon gainst or Ia front
OF the sun allows IN observation OF our satellites
place In the heavens CO be made q. a very critical
point Ia nor orbt-namcy, When she - In a direct
line between the Earta ana the sun. Ths OBJ
coinpie.ey made 1t liked oSseryatory--
totahty. and i5 would mol be Included III the pro
CRANE OF an obscrv,n. expedition 10 1ar country.
Saon expedition deyoSe Itself acquire.
mehS OF physical aud cosinictl knowledge irsm up.
pcarancos when arc only SHOWN when the disc Of
the Gioon completely hi.i9s The disc the Sun and
Which are otherwise too FAINT 10 De These sur
silycry white, glowing radiation, o: considerable
breadth, which uac!rc.es mo Moon apparently but
doubtless the Sun reailyhsc llc g.ory "nich paint
Jh5 ba3 been fesn IN eclipses lron the earliest
tlmea aud the first chronic ers Of It's appearance
gave II the name u corona, by which IL has since
been known. Second, these Is close to TIE sun
narrow fringe Of brilliant red excfescencea.
1905 aud FOR tnle supposed TO 10 an al iiosphere
around the Loon. Tic records OF this early otaer-
walton, and OF another similar TO II near ~ date,
forgotten Wy aaLaJnpniers III the observers OF
the eclipse or 1872 were electrified upon pehoding
at the Dstanr OF toiaii,y nauiber OF flaGc.cooed
masses OF light prot uing ~ u we're from the black
lupar disc. From that time The "rcd pr0ninences,"
they were called, became the paramount features
solar eclipse. ia the ccip5es o. 1854 aud 1860
the greatest pains We're bestowed upon tue OBSERVE
tion OF then photography lending is valuable aid
upon the second OCCASION. In M. Do Ia Kue's
hands the telescope did exec lent werA. ana
by ne evidence tnIs tIe uDerginI photographs
ahoron IL was ssea ,as NE r,i sonl5nss
certainly perLalned 10 tho qua. ~ ll9 date Or
tho next Important ecpss tiassl pew tool, Vie
fpectfOscopc, was In the n3lris OF OBSERVERS How
well thes used 1t in lndia .tose VINO take even O
small interest IN scientific progress Will remember
wonders concerning tie materials that supply the
solar furnaces, then added u It's riainps W show.
Ing that these fcd eAcreice@lj arc part OF Shell
| OF glowing gas surrounding the Solar globe. Eut
| even thls acnlsyement WIS oaI-tnumpnel before
| the year was closed. consideration VI the man.
ner IN which the spccuoscope disperses, and there
| fore aiiaes, the Heterogeneous light which comes
from the suns general ,s snrace-wo y allows e
euianatcs from gaseous bodies. such as tne promi.
nences wero proved 70 be-the constellation Of
III England una NJ. Jansen ia India 70 try neither
| the promlnenccs could not DO seen without
an eclipse by turning their stcroscopes TO the elge
\ OF the sun. They Independently made the expert
mcnt and were rewarded by tho siant or the red,
glowing solar clouds, la spite OF the dazzling bril-
laney u inc sGn They virtually put out the sun by
really spreading It's lsht over sucn an area as to
& o Mich len WIN, viii , no o. .s
itself-and then these We're clearly seen. Tue red
surroundings have now become familiar things,
and their evcr-chanRlny Positions and appearances
around the whole circumference Of the solar disc are
day ~ day graphically recorded. 1t VIII be under.
SUMS border, they really cover the whole globe; for
the 'prominsaces" aie but tho higher parts Of an
|
gas with watch that globe Il onveloped.
Into the vast 1eld o. inquiry and speculation which
| mas been opened out % this easy method OF con-
stauliy stuaymg the suns aalning atmospncrs--
which sceils 20 iioat over his ncaueSceDt surface
ae ns noes oe eo aTe ana 10 be mt
| OF hen0mena-We have not time 10 cnier. Suffice
IL for us rat there h no longer need for eclipse
TO render tao red siels concur yisIbie and that II
! Wi therefore, receive Small Il tenflol IN December
noXt III the carly saSo ol tie preparatory arrange.
| meAts ,t was proposed TO provide apparatus for
was never cieary settled whether tue pronincncca
or tno corona woald be tue subject or the light
painters operation.
We mention Ia passing That 'Baily'5 hoads' no
lohsei attlacs eclipse ooseryees attention.. Their
between The mountains anu tue Moons edge lust
oelete me N ment Oh tolai eclipse They Were
explained out OF interest.
me outstanding oDjcct upon which oil, or wen
ngn all attention wal De concentrated during the
Chris nia9-toe eclipse VIII DC the corona. The nigh.
est cariosy exists as TO Its 0-ign and the part 1t
plays Ia tho solar econouy. Theories concerning il
oar owa atmosphere, but the whole OF 1t certainty
cannot arise IRON tais cause. Thea 1t has boon re-
carried as an atmosphere 81 the Moon but this sup
position ~ quite unenebc. IL nlayb, an extsnsiy.
atmospheric anoat tho Sun-a vast envelope or ras..
Gus OK nneiy aiydel SOLID matter oyo,yag that red
Shell which FOR convenience. we shall! cali IA atrnos.
pheic elsewhere. 1t nay be u dense poriion OF the
zoilacal ligAt; it may he The crowu. region OF tho
vast meteor streams that circulate IA conletarv
ORBITS around tho SUM- and which III i,t he numerous
enonsa 70 cause such coni nc their perihellon
Oay that bright part Of tie jgtt near the SIM
seems To be toer10y persistent, and that fainter out.
lying parts, which snoot our IN sheaycs two or three
times AZ long as the SUMS diameter seem to vary
their form N the OF eclipse and TO bresenf
different appea. aace5 to dbiercns observers. Tor
hopS 70 acquire more iacts We nave photography III
Il can be appiied IN the shor ic available for pre-.
parattonsi the spectroscope and the polariscopc,
The lormer OF tlese VIA, 1t il hoped determine
, wnerher the silgcy light coInss from a
luminous Gas or ron so.id matter In q
state or incandescence Qnetapnoflca.y, whether
it Is The Hight Of red hot iron or tue
light OF glowing hydrogen, or ii Will show II tho
TWO qualities OF iight ara both present Tic poari.
scope VIII da,ermuo whether the light Is the coro.
mas own seli-gerinnatad luminosity or whether /,
IL reflected sualightwiiether the corona Is source
OF light Itself or whether 1t is mist lit up by tho
Sun. And as the corona seems TO possess 4 double
Character 1t VIII be necessary that both insG.uuenis
be appncd 10 the inying and outlying regions Of r..
Moreover TO each specroScope seyeTal persons must
be attached and two at least TO poarlscope for
the time OF total observation snort that il must