Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-30
At Denver.

| At Denver.
| DENVER, COL, July 29.-The sky was en-
/ tirely clear until one o'clock IN the evening,
| when a few masses of clouds showed them
| sJlves over the mountains, toward the north
| and westward. With these exceptions the
| sky was perfect, and the atmospheric condi-
| tons the most favorable for a successful OBJ
! servation OF the eclipse. House-tOps were
| thronged with people, high buildings being
! especially in demand, as from them the APP
| preach of the dark shadow of totality could
| be seen as it swept onward over the plain.
| The itime of first contact was TWEEN
! ty minutes past two O'Clock, Den
| yer time, and ten minutes later the presence
! Of the moon at the edge of the suns disc was
| plainly perceptibe to ordinary observers with
| smoked-glass. By three O'Clock the sunlight
| had moderated IN marked degree,
! showing a pale yellow color. Later
! on lurid glare overspread the earth, and
| the heat of the sun was no longer
! oppressive, and light similar 20 twilight
I was shown IN the horizon, and the Light
| fakes If clouds began slowly to dissolve, ow-
! ing to the change IN the temperature as the
| period Of totality came on. The sight from
| an elevated station was grand. An extreme
! dark shadow fell on Longs peak, seventy
| five miles distant, and sweeping rapidly
| southeastward covered the plain ike a gray
| pail; to The northeastward clouds could be
seen bathed in sunlight and presenting the
view of beautiful sunset. During the period
? Of observation the moon appeared like huge
black ball, surrounded by beautiful circle
of light, and as the sunlight suddenly burst
forth again the chickens Crowed as though
morning had dawned.
DENVER, July 29.-The Astronomical par
ties, as ar as heard from, failed to discover
the planet Vulcan, although they were able
to discern stars of the sixth magnitude.
Prof. Young reports that he discovered no
ultra red or ultra violet lines. but that at the
moment OF the totaiIty of the eclipse the arc
Of the ErauenhOetfar lines were beautifully
reversed. This was the most important
result of his observations, and confirms the
observations made in Siam. Both the H
lines were also reversed. Very light lines
were seen near the large B, which confirms
| Prof. POgsoDs observations. He also saw
the bright lines of + and l474. Edison s
tasimeter failed to work satisfactorily, and he
raised a thermophIle, which caused
an unsteady motion in the galvanometer.
I Prof. Colbert reports that his observations
terd TO show that the moons path in the
heavens lay little farther to the southwark
tlr,n was indicated 10y the luna tables, or else
that the estimate OF the moons diameter IS
too large, perhaps. Both the measures made
I 10y Mr.. yesterday indicated that Corona eX
tended ont on an average of about twenty-six
minutes OF an arc, corresponding to dis
lance of fully seven hundred thousand miles.
All around the sun it was strongly striatad,
and in the direction OF the ecliptic the rays
were nearly straight, while above and
below thNt line they were markedly
spiral in character, and some of the lines at
the base formed an angle Of not less than
thirty degrees with a prolongation of the
sum- rays. The chromosphere was distinctly
seen by Prof. Hough. indicating, a
thickness of some two hundred
miles. The proturbances were much
| less prominent than at most OF the recent
eciipses. Two rather pale ones were seen on
! the western side of the moon. Mr.. Thomas
also saw the lines 1874, but did not discover
any new lines. The temperature during
the ecliptical, as reported by the sig
nal officer, was as follows: At two
o'clock and twenty three minutes in
the afternoon, in the sun, one hundred and
fourteen degrees; at three o'clock and thirty
FIVE minutes, eighty two degrees; at four
o'clock and forty-six minutes, one hundred
degrees. The humidity at two o'clock and
thirty minutes in the afternoon was twelve
per cent; at three o'clock and forty minutes,
twenty-five per cent; at five o'clock and ten
minutes, seventeen per cent. AT Idaho
Springs observations we're made by Prof.
Eaton, of Parker institute, and S. '. White, of
Brooklyn, New York. The day was coudless,
and numerous sketches OF Corona were made.
There was an entire absence of the pink
flame usually seen during total ecipses. AT
Central City were stationed Prof. Holden and
Prof. Compton, and numerous drawings were
| made of the Corona, but no report of scien-
| tic results has been received.
At Lake Charles.
lake CHARLES, La, July 29-The eclipse
| began at two O'Clock and forty-fve minutes
! this afternoon and ended at four o'clock and
| forty-five minutes. The total duration was
| two hours The total eclipse occurred at three
| clock and forty-five minutes, and lasted one
minute. Clouds occasionally obscured the
sun, but the view at the commencement, for
most of the duration, and for last half hour
was wholly unObScured. At the moment of
| total observation a match had to be ignited
| to note the hour on a clock. During the fol-
| lowing minute perceptible halo ringed the
moop, the surface of the latter looking like
| blush steel. There was no perturbation
| eyinced by the animals. Dogs aud cats re-
| tanned their positions In the shade where they
were lying down when the eclipse began, and
! cattle brOwsed quietly IN the fields. The chill
| dren were interested, but not frightened,
while locking through smoked-glasses at the
| sun, and 2 general exclamation of delight
arose from them at the moment of total OBJ
| scuration. The light resembled twilight out
OF doors, but IN the houses the rooms were
| dark. At the first reappearance of the sun
nitude on the edge OF a globe Of steel.
At Fort Worth.
GALVESTON, July pa special to the
| NeicS from Fort Worth states that a success
| tul observation of the eclipse was taken there
| with twenty six instruments. securing notes
| of the corona cuspiS, moon, limbs and all
| contacts but the last, which heavy clouds ZEN
| dered partially failure. Five photographs
| were obtained. The first contact was 3:l2,
| p; second, 4:l6; 20, third, 4:2l, OF; fourth,
| 5:l9, 36, Washington time. The tOtality OF
| the eclipse lasted two minutes and forty-two
| seconds. Specials to the Nei0S from Waco,
| Palestine, Orange and other points state that
| successful observations have been taken at
| those places.
At Rawlins.
| RAwLrNs, Wy, July 29.-The weather to-
| day was fine, the sky clear, and the observa-
| ton a perfect success. Edison's experiments
| with the tasimeter were quite satisfactory
| DR.. Diauer, Of New York, succeeded in OBJ
tanning several photographs OF the suns
eclipse, Prot. Watson, of Ann Arbor, and
| MIR Norman L0ckyer have just returned from
| Sepa alton, where the total eclipse lasted two
mioutes and fifty seconds. Prot. Watson dis
| covered an intra- Mercurial planet Of the sizt
| of a four-a3d-a baf magnitude star, abOu
| two and a half degrees southwest or the sun
At Milwaukee.
| MINIATURES, July 29.-The eclipse was ob
Prof. Charles ). Farrar and other scientists
The few clouds of the morning passed anC
left the whole pel1od of the eclipse clear
Time of first contact, three hours, thirty
nine minutes and thirty-hve and five-tentht
| aaponda Time Of lost contact tbrph hon re