The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-30
ofthe sun, but owing to the cloudy wssshsr and rs
they were unable 10 make any obssrvatioas.
NOT VISIBLE AT SARATOGA.
NOT VISIBLE AT SARATOGA.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
SARATOGA. N. Y, July 20, 1873
was cloudy.
NO OBSERVATIONS AT DARTMOUTH.

NO OBSERVATIONS AT DARTMOUTH.
HANOVER, N. H., July 90 1878
Owing to unfavorablo weather no observation o.
the eclipse taken at tho Dartmoath Observatory
WEATHER. coSDIrIoN AS REPORTED TO THE
AT Pixies PEAK.
WASHINGTON, July 20, 1878.
Reports to the signal ONCE Of the weather In locals
ties whore best observations taken of ths
eclipse seem 10 indicate that the views OF 1t must
have been successful at many points. At Pixies Peak
where General hyer, Professor Abbe and others
making a scientific onical observation. there vas
complete satisfaction, and tonight the following tsls
gram was received At the Signal once city from
General Mysr, Chief Signal Oaicer.
PfkE's PEAK, July 49, 1873
Observations successful Corona traced several di-
smetsrs from the sun and for Eve after
totally.
The observation taken at all points At thirty
i've minutes past four O'Clock p. NJ Washington TINA
CONDITIONS WEATHER..
The reports the Signal Onics to night give the
following conditions OF the weather points named-
Albany. cloudy; Alpsna, Mich, cloudy; Augusta,
Ca, heavy rain; Baltimore, threatening weather1
Buffalo, cloudy; Burlington, VT, cloudy; Cairo, fart
Charleston fair; Cheyenne, far; Chicago, fair; Gin
cnnati threatening; Cleveland, heavy rain; Corsi-
casa, Texas, cloudy; Denver, clear; Detroit raining;
Dodge City, Kan, fair, Duluth, fair; Report, Me-.
hszy; Fort Gibson, Ind. Ty., fair; Galveston,
clear; Grand Haven, Micn., fair; Keosuk, fart
Knoxville, raining; Leavonworsh, clear; Louis.
vile, cloudy; Milwaukee, clear; Montreal hazy1
Nashville, clearing weather; Now London, Conn,
cloudy; New YORK. CLOUDY; Now Orleans, fair;
Omaha, clear; Philadelphia, cloudy; Pistsburg,
cloddy; Portland. Nc, cloudy; Portland, Oregon.
clear; Rochester. raining; Salt Lake, clear; San
Diego, Call clear; San Francisco, Cal, clear; santa
Fs, Now Mexico, fair; Savannah, cloudy; ST. Louis,
far; ST. Paul. cloudy; Toronto. Canada, ra,niDgt
Washington, cloudy; Yankton. D. T.. clear.
OBSERVATIONS ELSEWHERE.
At Lake ST. Charles, Louisiana, tho eclipse begsA
nj 245 O'Clock and onded at 4:45. The total eclipse
occurred at 3:45 o'clock and lasted minute.
Clouds occasionally obscured the sun. but the view
at the commencement OF the eclipse during most oe
It's duration and for the last halt hour wholly un-
obscurod At the moment OF total eclipse could
not DO noted BY sight without tho aid Of artificial
light, and during tho following minute percep,bis
halo hinged the moon. whose surface presented steel
blue tint No perturbation was svinced by animals,
dogs and cats retained their positions during tho
eclipse, and the cattle browssd quietly In the fields
Al New Orleans there was opportunity for opserv-
ing only partial ecpse, tho view being entirely Oh.
scured by clouds from hsIi-past four 10 six p N.
At vicksburg, Mss tho eclipse nrst became Wis
ibe at a. 31m los, almost total at 5h. Aim ss
and presented its last view At Oh. 40m. 3ss Wash.
ington time
Al Cincinnati extensive preparations had been
made at the Cincinnati Observatory TO take obssrva
lions Of the eclipse, but few minutes bsfore thu
ume Of contact clouds up from the west
completely obstructing the view.
At Springfield. MasG, the eclipse was obscursd By
clouds
eclipse proved uros the sun being obsoursd By
heavy clouds all tho afternoon.
In Washington II was cloudy and rainy during the
grsstcr portion Of shs day and obssrvaoas Of the
eclipse could DO obtained.
Al Halifax, N. s, partial eclipse was plaisiy vi.s.
bio at six P. NJ
Al London, Ont, the eclipse was not observ.b,s
owing to the cloudness OF the sky and heavy down.
fall OF rain.
At Dallas Texas, the observations OF tho solnr
eclipse was generally successful Thin clouds inter,
fercd somewhat with all tho observations until near
tho lime OF the last contacts The following obscr-
vations have been furnished BY Professor
Todd. Of washinston:-First external contact At
4h. 33u- 90 3-l0s Second internal contact 5h 3sm.
80 3.10s Third internal contact. 5h. 40m 81 o-los
Foartn external contact. Oh. 40m. Is 6-I0a The
record is In Washington mean time Professor Todd
made careful search for the supposed extra
mercural planet with four inch telescope
but mono was seen. Tho clouds wsrc 50 dense THAI
no objects whatever were the sun. Tho
corona was very brilliant several drawings were
secured and photographs taken. Professor TODD wac
we'll satisfied with the results OF his observations
At St Louis Professor Woodward, OF Washington
University, made observations OF tho eclipse AZ
meridisn time, determined BY tho observations Of
the sun here, ana not Washington time. was used.
fnr M.
servaiions any scientific Importance
At Utica the observation OF tho sun by tho cIouds
during tho whole OF the afternoon prevented any Oh
servaton OF the eclipse al Litchneld Obscrvatorn
Hamilton College.
THE CHANGING OF LIGHT AND SHADE IN NEW
YORK cIrY-JUsr PEEP AT THE DABKENEu
SUN.
Long before tho time Of first contact a busy trade
was pcing driven Broadway ana around tht
HERALD once, the Post once, In the uptown squaret
the Streets by tho vendors OF colored gass
These it,lo pieces OF merchandise intended 70,
tho amateur observers who could not or womb
not use telescopes But the Increasing eioudipes,
mado tho trade fall OF toward four O'Clock, AZ tho
would watchers lost ndicneo In themselves and
Tho weather conditions. However, tho enthusiasts
persisted IN their prepsrati ons and fixed their blue
Dr. brown g asses and HERALD diagrams for the noble
purpose OF watching the transit Of the moon over the
ace OF the god OF DAY.
Al thirtcep minutes to i've o'clock r. NJ the sun bc
entirely obscurcd by clouds the large majority
II observers The accident OF being lev bIocks
way, however, gave some a monetary pcsp anA
hose who had telescopes assert that they witnessed
he first contact OF course. auxoy grew with the ags
II time, and tue coud,ncss grow also. creating CON
lition OF things the reverse Of agreeable Five min
ties to Ave came with little prospect OF cvos
brief clearing OF the sky. But at ASH, tho SOS
,cepsd through rift In tho clouds Tor ABOUT three
cconds, ana then disappeared Tho following Oh
ervat.ons werc then made ;--5 T. NJ, dense ciouds
less; :o5. n dark nimbus cloud overspread tho en-
ire western sky; blo. cloudy, sun invisible; 5:Is
lensciy cloudy; 8 40, Indications OF a break and
prospect OF n brief view 5:25, clouds growing
lghtcri 80. tantalizinR breaks aboya and belox