The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-08-01
THE ECLIPSE.
Observations at Denver, Col. - The Conditions
Favorable.

Observations at Denver, Col. - The Conditions
Favorable.
Denver, Col, July 29.-The sky was entirely
clear until P. NJ, when few masses of cumu
lous clouds showed themselves over the noun
tains toward the north and westward. With these
exceptions the sky was perfect and the atmos'
pheric conditions of the most favorable character
for a successful observation of the eclipse The
house tops were thronged with people, higher
buildings being especially in demand, as from
them the approach of the dark shadow of totality
could be seen as 1t swept onward over the plain,
The time Of the first contact was 900 Den
yer time. and ten minutes later the presence
of the moon at the edge Of the suns disc was
plainly perceptible to ordinary observers with
smoked glass BY o'clock the sunlight had mod.
Grated In q marked degree, showing pale pellOw
color. Later on lurid glare overspread the
earth. The heat of the sun was no longer OPP
pressiye, and light similar TO twilight was
shown on the horizon, and the light hecks or
clouds began slowly to dissolve owing to the
change in the temperature as the period OF TOTAL
ity came on. The sight from an elevated station
was grand An extreme dark shadow fell on
Longs Peak 70 miles distant, and sweeping rap
idly eastward covered the plain like gray pail
To the northeastWard clouds could be seen bath
ed in SunllgnJ huu pTebeutllR FlSMs Vi u pedul-
fll sunset During the period Of observation the
moon appeared like huge black ball surround
ed nv beautiful circle OF light, and as the sun
light suddenly burst forth again the chickens
crowed as though morning had dawned.
At Central City were stationed Professor Holden
and Professor Compton. Numerous drawings
were made of the corona, but no report of scien-
tifc results has been received.
IN WYOMING TERRITORY.
Rawlins, Wy. July 29-The weather here to-
day was fine, the sky clear, and the observation
a perfect success. Edison's experiments with the
tasimeter were quite satisfactory. DR.. Draper, Of
New York, succeeded in obtaining several photo.
graphs of the sun during the eclipse. Professor
Watson, Of Ann Arbor, and Mr., Norman Lockyer
have lust returned from Separation, where the
total eclipse lasted two minutes and fifty seconds
Professor Watson discovered an intramercurio
planet four and half degrees southwest Of the
sun, Mr.. Lockyer says this eclipse was totally
different, the corona being ten times brighter this
time than the one In 1871, showing great varia.
tion OF the brightness Of the corona between the
maximum and minimum period Of sun spots
He obtained faint photograph Of the continu'
GUS spectrum Of the sun, and saw no trace Of the
lines or rings through Mr.. Rutherford's grating
The structure of the corona was we'll observed by
him, but no trace Of an exterior ring was seen,
and the corona vanished Instantly, while In 1871
Il remained visible for several minutes after to-
tality, Only one faint pr0tuberanc nce was 0bserv'
ed BY Mr. Lockyer. He is greatly surprised at
the difference Of eclipses occurring In different
sun-spot periods and at the intimate relation Of
the brightness Of the corona to the sun spots.