The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-30
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IN ToTALITY.
The Eclipse as Seen at Denver r-An Excel
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Especial Telegram to TnE LEADER. !

Especial Telegram to THE LEADER
Denver, July 29.-The sky was en-
tirely clear until one p. M, when few
masses of cumulus clouds showed them
selves over the mountains towards the
north and westward. With these ,ex-
ceptions the sky was. perfect and at
mospheric conditions OF the most favor
able character for a successful observa-
tion of the eclipse. The house-tops
were thronRed with people, higher
buildings especially in demand, as from
them the approach of the dark shadow
Of totality could be seen as 1t swept on
ward over the plains. Time Of first
contact was 2:2O, Denver time, and 10
minutes later the presence Of the moon
at the edge of the SUMS disc was plainly
perceptible to an ordinary observer
with smoked glass. By O'Clock,
the sunlight had moderated in mark
ed degree, showing pale yellow color.
Later on lurid glare overspread the
earth. The heat of the sun was no
longer oppressive and light similar to
twilight was shown in the horizon, and
the light fiecks of clouds began slowly
to dissolve, owing to change in temper
ature. As the period of totality came
on the sight from an elevated station
was grand in the extreme. The dark
shadows fell on Longs Peak, seventy
five miles distant, and sweeping rapidly
south-eastward, covered the plain like
a gray pail. To the enorth-eastward the
clouds could be seen bathed in sunlight
and presenting view of beautiful sun
set. During the period of obscuration
the moon appeared like a huge black
ball, surrounded by beautiful circle of
light. As the sunlight suddenly burst
forth again the chickens crowed as
though morning had dawned.
The astronomical parties, so far as
heard from, failed to discover the planet
Vulcan, although able to discern stars
of the sixth magnitude. Prof. Young
reports that he discovered no ultra red
or ultra violet lines, but that at the mo-
ment Of totality all the Fraunhoeffer
lines were beautifully reversed. This
was U most important result of his OBJ
servations and confirms observations
made in SIAM. Both the H lines were
also reversed. Very bright lines were
seen near large B, which confirms Prof.
Pogson's observations. He also saw
bright lines F and 1,474o.
Edison's tasimeter failed to work sat
isfactorily and he used thermophile,
which caused an unsteady motion in the
galvanometer. Prof. Colbert reports
that his observations tend to show that
the moons path in the heavens lay
little farther tothe soutward than indi-
Gated BY the lunar tables, or else that
the estimate of the moons diameter is
too large. Perhaps both. The meas
ures made by Mr. Easterday Indicated
that Corona extennled out on an aver
age about 28 Of an arc, corresponding
to distance Of fully 700, 900 miles all
around the sun. It was strongly stria-
ted and in the direction Of the 'ecliptic
the rays were, nearly straight, while
above and below that line they were
markedly spiral in their character and
some Of the lines at the base formed an
angle Of not less thau 800 with a pro-
longation of the SUMS rays, The
chromosphere was distinctly seen by
Hough, indicating thickness of some
1900 miles. The protuberances were
much less prominent than at most of
the recent eclipses. Two rather pale
ones were seen on the western side of
the moon. MI. Thomas also saw. lines
l1474, but did hot rdiscover any new
lines.
The temperature during the eclipse is
reported by the signalodacer as follows:
At 1928 p. M, in the sun, 114o; at 1886,
s2o;;n at 4;35, s10Oo. The humidity at
2:3O p. M, IL per cent; at $40, % per
cent; at $40, II per cent.
At Idaho Springs, observations were
made by Prof. Eaton, of Packer Insti-
tute, and s. v. White, of Brooklyn, N.
Y. The day was cloudless, and numer-
GUS sketches of Corona were made.
There was an entire absence of pink
fame usually seen during total eclipses.
At Central City were stationed Prof.
Holden and Prof. Compton. Numer-
GUS drawings were made Of Corona but
no report Of scientific results has been
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