The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-30

iugton: First external contact ai
4 1906 1.l0; second internal contact,
5.SS:S2 $40; third internal catact,
5.40;T 9-10; fourth external contact
&. 6.4O:25 6.lO. The record iS In Washing
ton time. Prof.. Tidd made 4 careful
search for the supposed intra.mercuriAl
planet with q four.inoh telescope, but
none was seeu. The clouds were 80 dense
that no object whatever could be seen.
Near the sun the corona was very
brilliant. Several drawings wero secured
and photographs taken. Proi. Tidd was
well sAtis6ed with the results Of his
observations.
AT 81. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, July 2s.-Prof. Woodward,
OF Washington University, made obser.
yations OF the eclipse here this afternoon,
but as the meridian time determined by
observations Of the sun here and not
Washington time Was used, and for other
reasons, he does not claim for them any
scientific importance. The frst contact
was made at point In the sums limb
90 degrees, 40 minutes, 81 seconds west Of
the north point Of the sums limb, At 8
hours, 35 minutes and AZ seconds.. Tho
last contact was made at q point In the
suns limb 12s degrees, so minutes and SO
seconds from the north point OF the sun
limb, at s hours, S5 minutes and 133 sec.
onds. Duration Of the eclipAe 2 hours,
/ minute aud 29i seconds. EightystWo
onehundredths Of the suns disk was OBJ
scured. The phenomena attracted uni
yersal attention, and the streets, windows
and house tops were crowded with inter.
esied spectators, who with smoked glass
and other appliances and apparatus,
patiently watched the various phases oil
the eclipse from beginning to end.
CLEAR SKY AT RAwLIss.
RAwuss, Wy, July 29.-The weather
to-day was fine, sky clear and the observa.
tion perfect success. Edisons expert.
ments with tasimeler were quite salts
factory. DR.. Draper, Of New York, sue.
ceeded in obtaining several photographs
Of the sun during the eclipse. Prof.
Watson, Of Ann Arbor, and Mr.. Norman
Lockyer have just returned from Sepa-
ration, where the total eclipse lasted two
minutes and fifty seconds. Prot. Watson
discovered an inter -mercurial planet OF
the siEs Of four and half magnitude
star, about two and half degrees, south
west Of the aun.
Mr.. Lockyer says this eclipse was to-
tally different, the Corona being ten times
brighter this time than the one 10 1871,
showing great variation Of the bright
ness Of The Corona between the two max
imums and minimum periods Of the sun
spots. He obtained faint photograph
OF the continuous spectrum OF the sun
and saw no trace Of the lines
or rings. Through Mr.. Rutheriords
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 it re-
mained visible for several minutes af.
te. lotality. Only one faint protuberance
was observed by Mr.. Locker. He is
greatly surprised at the difference of the
eclipses occurring in different sun spot
periods and at the intimate relation of
the brightness OF the Corona to the suns
spots.
At MILWAUKEE,.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, July 29.-The
eclipse was observed at the Milwaukee
College Observatory by Prof. Charles 8.
Farmer and other scientists. The few
clouds Of the morning passed away and
left the whole period Of the eclipse clear.
The frat contact took place at 8 o'clock
81 minutes and II 5.l0 seconds, and the
last contact at 8 O'Clock 81 minutes and
1850 seconds, making the duration one
hour and fiily one minutes SO seconds.
AN UNSATISFACTORY OBSERVATION.
CoRsIcAaA, T..xAs, July 29.-The
condition OF the weather at this point
w.s such that very imperfect Observa.
tions we're made. The first conts:t wss
mol noted on account Of the clouds; al.
though with difficulty the second and
third contacts were registered. The TO.
tality begun at 4.29:4S and ended At
6.23:l9. The Aureola was tolerably we'll
defined, but the Corona was too much OBJ
scured TO be sketched. A few red hamel
were seen Just before the tolalty enueo'
CLOUDS AT 81. PAUL.
sr. PAUL, July 29.-The clouds pre-.
vented 4 complete observation OF the
eclipse, the first contact was obtained
within one second Of calculated time, at
the time Of the greatest obscnrity, at 4
o'clock and 8 minutes, when the sun was
eight tenths covered. The sun was
wholly covered with dense clouds, and
the last contact was also lost.
CHICAGO GETS A FAVORABLE VIEW.
CHICAGO, July 29.-The eclipse was
discernable here under favorable condi.
tions, but observations were only taken
in private way.