The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-30
PRICE TWO CENTS.
OLD SOL BEHIND THE MOON.
THE MOON BEHIND CLOUDs. AND THE
ECLIPSE INVISIBLE HERE
Excellent Views Obtained by Prof Draper In
the eWest-Photoxraph- Taken Edison Com.
putting the Heat OF the Corona

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yos,erdoy for ,bosa ,vho ooro,,,t, ,,ro.s,
yes'eruay 'or tose VINO carefully prepared
eclipse Of tho sun All IthnuSb tho cS eclraS was sas
NO, 10 h,,a,oI 80, 4, ,a, .. -. 80 .h, -.
no' W oo .o,"i' '.' 1t w"s 10 oe On 'hH' account.
even Rrander; for, through the lampblack on
the glass red sphere was TO be bitten into bv a
rival snbcro ~ h,aoSnoas 90, ~, o,,,,a 49,
up. for tho light would keep the form OF n eros
cent. constantly changing its position Along
the sidewalks stood men. in the afternoon.
hawking bits OF coored glass Here's yer
colored glass for secin tho clipsc. Gcn'wine
french imported ma2aflne blue. London
smoke. and bottle green-thrce kinds. Three
s sIns s"s.., vn, ., two ior nVe Iho sun
o"'"' "VS'V"''b III 'ho curry altcrhoon' ana
many merchants OF many years experience in
making hitherto profitable Investments stop-
-, =, .La - -, -, ~ vp
ped at these baskets piled with glass and, hold
ing out Ave cents. received two jngling bits.
which thev put I'm thoir no.knta p,u,,ori,o that
,ha,, .o., ~. a.. '"s '"as
had been gathering. ASA: 40 o'clock approached.
the calculated time OF first contact. the sun was
western heavens. 1t was about two-thir'is Of
the, way down from the zenith to the horizon,
trians. Houses hid il from sight All over the
city and in Brooklyn observers climbed to their
houset9ps and patiently watched. Many had
the traditional smoked glass others the COM
the sun. and lot il dazzle on. while others used
mnae hSt when ali these
sun-sub1uinR articles were directed toward II
TO catch the first contact the sun could be seen.
but so overrun by lazy. wind-drlven clouds,
might be. As The eve seemed to catch sie6t Of
cloud It was s tanazna 30 ON for SG tes1
minutes then the clouds covered the globe
completely. In as many minutes afterward
suspicion OF approaching twilight was felt A
but the twilight did not seem like thnt mnda bv
clouds. nor that OF sunset. The distant hills Of
a veil was % thrown over hem % and the upper city
grayish blue The waters OF the bay and tho
two rivers lost their sparkle and shudder Of
little waves ran over tho surface. Tho leaves
BY cooler ''' VIZ N''" '''''''
There was a slight surprise a few minutes
afterward. and those who had been most alert
cSs sun by 1 SsGt M % IF Rs Rs
masses Of vapor. and the crescent shono out.
BG! il was onlya Hash. Tho clouds thicEcncd
@ rooms i and G secluded oflices lights We're turned
on 1t was nearly an hour between tho ioreiold
the artificial twilight OF the eclipse merged in
Fr9t. Henry PrapSSr sends a despatch to THa
lows:
~ Ny expedition Is 2 perfect success. took
spectroscopic pictures showing the spectrum oi
the corona 70 be continuous Edison's tasime-
An observation by Mr.. J. A. Saxton. 60 81.
Marks place. longitude west OF Washington
through a telescope with 2 5.iG. inches apsr:
se S tSs nd ssy If syeR Soa9 s
As minutes IA seconds approximate local time.
| and equivalent to hours AZ minutes 9 seconds
by CITY Hall time, Thesnns disc was obscured
| by thin Clouds but the limb was sharply visi-
bic In the telescope and the first indentation OF
| the moon easily discerned, Subsequently. the
tireiy Invisible in this region.
A Washington Signal Onlce dispatch SAYS that
| at ike's Peak Gen, Myer. Prof. Ahbe and others
made successful Observations. The corona was
traced several diameters from the sun. and was
seen for Ave minutes after the eclipse was total;
p. NJ, Washington time: The ereports at the Sig
nal Once tonight give the following conditions
OF the weather at points named Albany cloudy:
Alpena;, Mich. cloudy: Augusta. Ga. hGaV
rain; Baltimore. threatenlng weather; But
ffalo, cloudy: Burlington w.; cloudy o9rl[?. or.
cage. lair; Cincinnatli threatenlng; Cleye.
land. heavy rain; Corsicana. Texas. cloudy:
| City. ,Kansus;, fair Duluth. fair; Keyport.
NE hhzy rort uinsoni nutln an iberITiCorp' InSp'
Mich. fair; Keokuk, L.. fir Knoxville Tenn.
| raining; l,eavenworth,, Kansas. clear; Louis
vile. cloudy milwaukee,, clear; Montreal.
noh. conn, eio9nHy meW hork' phnnhyi peL2nnuyi haw
OIio1as a raii r,a,li wI"""i vii .ia p'
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| rHlhlhR; ouI ltko' clcu ouil n.icfD; sShl..
| s,eM Hhn frahciseoi ctpni NuHu ui ~, tNGW
MeNco IalI HhVahrnnh' clouay nti LOUIS, ialI
~. ~. ihul, clouuy' iovynnto; u"nnhua; "nnha; rainins'
| "Hshingtoh, eiquuy ianktoh; Daso.a; gear n
| AT Denver me SKY wns eiear untli l +:
| A., wheh ,eeW niassTs l.ass vi cun,uius o
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We7' i.m ,IlIs nArHp,,"m "" sSy yrpil Wa ~
nhu 1o ;o, o,,rnd ~
5% ~ INC mus' r1nte' an n,ds "a.
~ ." " noHc, w, ai,u, nnu t ot h ad,,e 81 H.
nv o o' 1q ,oo sac ,hrob o s1ok eI
sIsss liza .1onpL p liz snneht Ind 1nss"ned in
| mor,ka a1 Jocrna Hein,, ~ "a naia velloy color
at"r oo SriJ ,lra cvrrsnra"d W tho earth iha
h"nt Of H. " si, ~ ,, nv, aer onnressive iiVLi
| similar a. Vvili,yht wns v'sibls in the horizcn
| and Tie lIpht G.rks Of clouds began slowly To-
| dissolyc ovinrtot the change of ftempcraiure Az
| the period Of totally appronched the sight
| from elevated stations was grand. An extremely
| dark shadow fell ON Longs Peak, rs miles dis
| TINT md swroninp ranIdly southonstward
| covered thc uiain like "A gray pnll while to the
| northeast clouds could be soon hnlhed in sun
| LIGHT reaomblinp n beautiful sunset During
| the poriod of oIscurntion the moon appeared
| ike hure black ball surrounded by a beauti-
| fui circle of light
steh, ssateh, me II Wow WIS op9Vurou ny c'ouuS ''o'n