The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-30
SOL AND LUN A.
Their Shadow Dance Yesterday.
National Associated Press to the Star.


RAwLINs, WYOMING, July 30.-The obser-
vations of the eclipse of Rawlins have
proved highly satisfactory. A few hours
before the contact a very heavy wind sprang
up and the astronomers experienced much
difficulty in proper adjustment but
about ten minutes before the totality the
wind abated, and they were enabled to OBJ
serve under favorable circumstances. Large
numbers of citizens surrounded the obser-
vatory and equally large numbers stationed
themselves on adjacent hills, the better to
view the phenomena. Shortly after 2
O clock the moon made her appearance,
cutting off the right hand edge of the sun.
1t crept along slowly until ee-quarters
of the SUMS disc was obscured, when dark
ness began to set in At 314 p. m, the en-
tire sun was eclipsed and the birds began to
roost Night hawks were seen flying over
| the hills The totality continued one hun
dred and sixty-seyen seconds. During the
same Dr. Draper of the New York Uni
versity, succeeded in obtaining four excel
| lent photographs of the corona which show
no lines in the spectrum.
! The observations of Prof. Parker showed
| the sun TO be in a comparatively tranquil
condition. No protuberances were seen.
He saw only continuous spectrum. The
tasimeter of Prof. Edison successfully
measured the heat of the corona. Prof.
Norton's observations were conducted from
the summit of neighboring hill, and O
comparison agreed with those Of the other
| astronomers.
Reports from the other points of observa.
ton also show a good result. Cloudless
skies favored their work, and the phenom
enon of birds going to roost was perceived.
Good photographs were taken during the
totality all along the line of the eclipse
The astronomers felt highly gratitied
Altogether they say that a more favorable
observation of a total eclipse has never been
made.
The deductions will not be officially an.
nounced until the st. Louis Convention,
when the various observers will submit
their reports.
Nearly all will go to-day to Denver to
fraternize and compare notes.
| DENVER, COL, July 30.-The eclipse here
yesterday was grand success and the sky
was perfect for observations.
AS the period of totality came on the
| sight from an elevated station was grand
An extreme dark shadow fell on Longs
Peak, seventy-tive miles distant; and,
sweeping rapidly southeastward, covered
the plain like gray pail. To the north,
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sunlight, and presenting view of beauti
full sunset.
During the period of obscuration the
moon appeared, like huge black ball, sur.
rounded by beautiful circle of light, and
as the sunlight suddenly burst forth again
the chickens crowed as though morning had
| dawned.
Astronomical parties as far as heard from
| failed to discover the planet Vulcan, al
though able to discern stars of the sixth
magnitude. Professor Young reports that
he discovered no ultra-red or ultra violet
lines, but that at the moment of totality all
the Franhoeffer lines were beautifully re-
versed. This was the most important result
of his observation, and confirms observa-
tons made in Siam. Both the H lines
were also reversed. Very bright lines were
seen near large B, which confirms Professor
Pogsons observations. He also saw bright
lines near F and 1474. Edison's tasimeter
failed to work satisfactorily and he used a
thermophile, which caused an unsteady
motion in the galvanometer.
Professor Colbert reports that his observa-
tions tend to show that the moons path in
the heavens lay little farther to the south
ward than indicated by the lunar tables, or
else that the estimate of the moons dia-
meter is too large, perhaps both.
The measures made by Mr.. Easterday in
dicated that the corona extended out on an
average about twenty-siX minutes of an arc,
corresponding to distance of fully seven
hundred thousand miles all around the sun.
1t was strongly striated and in the direction
of the eclipse the rays were nearly straight,
while above and below that line they were
markedly spiral in their character, and
some of the lines at the base formed an
angle of not less than thirty degrees, with a
prolongation of the suns rays.
The cromosphere was distinctly seen by
Professor Hough, indicating thickness of
some two thousand miles. The protuber-
ances were much less prominent than at
the west of the recent eclipses. Two rather
pale ones were seen ON the western side of
the moon.
DALLAS, TEX, July 3d. observations of
the eclipse here yesterday were successful.
LAKE CHARLES, La, July 30.-The eclipse
was successfully observed here, with but
slight interruptions by clouds.
New YORK, July 30.-Clouds entirely OBJ
structed The view of the eclipse here yester-
day.
DENVER, Col, July 3O.-Prof Stones
party report from Schuyler that they sue
cessfully observed all four contacts. The
length of chords was observed by Prof. Stone,
and ton translts Of cuSpS hv Prof JTpton