The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-01

Technology, vino accompanied the. Draper Expsdi-
high order, said:-
The thing which impressed me most in the eclipse
the very curious OF the result showing as
II does that on former occasions there been pro
Jected into the space surrounding the sun quan-
tity OF selfiuminous gaseous matter which has no
fixed place there, but, AS We now soc, was
morely temporary occupant which has, other
by diffusion into space or absorption into
the BODY Of the sun, heen removed. The marked
changes In the SUMS condition would seem
TO call for corresponding marked changes
dtion OF the earth, and It Is surprise that such
changes have occurred. The present results would
recall one of the early theories OF the mainten-
ance oil tho suns heat, which was that 1t
was maintained by the impact OF meteoric matter
constantly falling IN upon the from surrounding
space The quantity Of heat produced by such an In
fall may DO roazed from the fact that body 80 fall
ing would develop by It's blow or impact
rs much heat as 5000 times its weight Of carbon
burnt IN oxygen Portions Of the meteoric matter in
the shape of mcteorcs fall upon the earth, and
We thus know that most Of them consist
largely Of iron, containing considerable quantities
OF hydrogen aud other gases absorbed Others are
Of mild character devoid Of such gag. II now We
suppose that Tor considerable period tho SUMS
were fed with. these hydrogen charged taggots and
then again the main supply was OF mineral
matter We might have at hrst tar-reaching an
mosphere OF ignited gas. such as has appeared
hitherto, and at another pme this might
be absent which seems to be tho case at
present. II such changes 60 Indefinitely
II may not be irrational to inquire whether they may
not in future produce such extraordinary climatic
conditions in tho earth as geology teaches US have
tho polar regions become tropical, as tho fossil
mains Of animals and plants ou there Indicate they
have been
CowPER RASYARDs VIEWS.
Mr. Cowper lanyard, secretary Of the Astronomical
this point, said:-
/ brought with me . camera of thirteen inch
aperture and six ieet focus, probably the
largest In the world l prepared seven plates
to during totaty, but after tho second plato hal
besn used accident occurred which made 1t i'm
possible TO use the others. The two took show de-
tail the beautifully and establish its
ture II has structure and entirely different
from the corona of 1871 1t then moro OF
a trsenko structure with contrary Hecture, showing
the existence of an atmosphere which curved the
great Jets OF matter, shown by the polarization obser
vations TO be streams Of dust less than tho wavo
length OF light in diameter. My observations with
the poarscope show tho polarization quito down to
the moons level Tho present corona was excood-
ingly different to any l ever before studied. It's
structure Is straighter and tangentia than any
before photographed. In my opinion 1t was
much brighter than the one OF 1870.
With reference to any effect upon tho earth OF
the changed condition OF tho suns atmosphere, Mr.
ponoard in of TIM amman TINT nonc xi occur Ho
does not agree with Mr. Lockyer that it has
had or will have any effect the earth's
climate Some very Interesting things he states, arc
presented by tho last eclipse, he. has doubt
our knowledge Of tho sun will be in consequence
terially increased.
PROFESSOR YouNG's vIEws.
Professor Dung. the Chief OF tho Princeton College
expedition, who observed in Denver, said -
Our apparatus gave perfect photograph to the ex
treme Of the Photographic limit In nve-eighths OF u
second OF time A photograph taken seven minutes
before totally, with five seconds exposure. gave
equally good results. but the plates ex-
posed during totally showed liues
other Impressions DR.. Drapor's work, however,
makes up our loss IN this respect He got three
excellent photographs, one oil which shows the fa-
menary structure extending about 500 900 miles The
little observed by Professor Loder is shown 1t.
Professor Young concurs with Mr.. Lockyer and
differs with Mr. lanyard In that the corona Is fainter
and the gaseous eemects far less conspicuous than
changes observed he said -
The different condition OF tho corona proves q
change In tho condition OF the sum- the acts
with II In a sort OF sympathy.
He does not agree with MI. Lockyer to any prob
able climatic effect on the oarth Professor YOUNG,
regards the results OF Important negative char
aeter The eclipse revealed phenomena not looked
THE PLANET VULCAN
Professor Watson, Of Ann Arbor University. whose
astronomical belt contains the scaps OF twenty
four asteroids, which he has discovered in tho
past ton years, Is non committal on tho
phenomena, except SO Tar as the sup
grows hourly moro positive, although somo Tins
will eIapse before his calculations as TO its exact
position In tho heavens arc completed. He II
already satisfied OF ITS position within
few dogrcsa within three weeks he ex
poets to be able to locate IL so exactly
that II may hereafter be found by any power
full telescope Its distance IRON the he computes
to DO about nteon million miles. Referring TO tho
changed condition of the Corona Professor Watson
agrees with his brother astronomers that thopresen,
eclipse has been most valuable In adding TO our
knoylcdge Of astronomy.
EDIsos's PLAN.
Although processing no scientific knowledge Of
astronomy, Mr. Edison, before leaving for California
advanced plan for finding stars that caused
tho astronomers to listen with much interest
HIS plan Is to adjus. his tasmster to ia
extrome degree OF scnsitiveness aud attach
1t TO large telescope which moves slowly In sem
circuIar dircciion. With ihis be Will Axecn ihs