The Portland daily press., 1878-07-30
TIE ECLIPSE.
Successful Observations in Colo
RADIO.
The Planet Vulcan Not Seen.

NEW YORK, July ga leaden sky pre-
vented even sight of the sun after 4 p. m.
HANOVER, N. a., July 29.-Owing to the
unfavorable weather no observations OF the
eclipse were taken at Dartmouth observatory.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Reports to the sig
nal Office seem to indicate that the views OF
the eclipse must have been successful at many
points. Myer telegraphs from Pixies Peak as
follows: "The observations were successful.
Corona traced several diameters from the sun
and was seen for five minutes after totality."
1t was cloudy and raining the greater portion
of the day and there were no observations OF
the eclipse. 1t continues rainy tonight. There
has been series of very heavy showers.
DENVER, Col, July 29-Astronomical par
planet Vulcan, although able to discover stars
of the sixth magnitude. Prof. Young reports
that he discovered 20 ultra-red or ultraviolet
lines, but that at the moment of totality the
frauhoeffer lines were beautifully reversed
This was the most important result of his OBJ
servation and confirms the observations made
in Siam. Both of the q lines were also re-
versed. Very bright lines were seen near the
large B, which confirms Prot. Persons obser-
vations He also saw bright lines of F and
factorily and he used the thermophile, which
caused an unsteady motion in the galvanome-
ter. Prof. Colbert reports that his observations
tend to show that the moons path in the heav-
ems lay little further to the southwark than
indicated By the Tuner table, or else that the
estimate of the moons diameter is too large
Perhaps both the measures made by Mr.. East
erday indicated that the corona extended
out on an average about rs minutes OF an arc
corresponding to distance of fully 100000
miles all around the sun. 1t was strongly tr-
ated and in the direction of the eclipse 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 than 300 with pro-
longati0n of the SUMS ray. TIE chrOm0sphere
was distantly seen by Prof: HouSh, indicating
thickness of some 1000 miller. The protuber.
ances were much less prominent than at most
of the recent eclipses. Two rather pale ones
were seen on the western side of the moon.
Mr.. Thomas also lines 1874. but did not discov-
or any new lines. The temperature during the
eclipse as reported by the signal officer was as
follows: At 2.23 p. m. in sun, ia; at 1856. 50;
at Abs, 100 The humidity at 2 80 D. m. was
ID per cent; at $40, 80 per cent; at 3d. II per
cent
At Idaho Springs observations were made BY
Prof. Eaton of Parker Institute. and s. V.
less. Numerous sketches of the corona were
made. There was an entire absence of the
pink flame usually seen during total eclipses.
At Central City were stationed Prof. Holden
and Prof. Compton. Numerous drawings were
made of the corona, but no reports of the scien-
tific results has been received.
MILWAUKEE, July 29-The eclipse was OBJ
served at the Milwaukee College observatory.
RAwLINs, w. T., July 29.-The observation
today was perfect success. Prot. Watson of
Ann Arbor and Mr.. Norman Lockyear have
just returned from Separation where the total
eclipse lasted two minutes and fifty seconds.
Prof. Watson discovered an extra mercurial
planet CT the size of Al magnitude star about
% degrees southwest of the sum- Lockyer says
OF this eclipse: The corona was ten times
brighter than the onein 1871, showing great
variation of the brightness of the corona be-
tween the maximum and minimum period of
sun spots He obtained faint photograph of
the continuous spectrum of the sun and saw no
trace of lines or rings. Through Mr.. Ruther-
ford's grating the structure of the corona was
we'll observed by him but no trace of an exte-
riOr ring was seen, and the corona vanished in
stantly, while in 1871 it remained visible sever
al minutes after totality. One faint protuber-
ance was observed BY Mr.. Lockyer. He is
gresty surprised at the difference of the eclipse
occurring in different sunspot periods and at
the intimate relation of the brightness of the
corona to the sun spots.