The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-22
THE ECsrPSE or TIE sun.
Astronomers aud Others Preparing 60 Take
ObserVa tions In Colorado.

DENVER. July lG.-Thc astronomers are
already gathering IN COLORADO IN tIarEe mum
her.. PToi A. l?ung Proi { 4, +; rs BracSfu.
at!ng class ~ Princeton College have taken their
station on the bluffs Just east OF Denver They
are camping out. and have powerful telescope
ma nintorrnuhic and other apparatus. Prois.
H. VI Paul and II ) Pritchctt. Of the United
States celltse expedition, arrived several DAYS
ago with large number ot ASTRONOMICAL in
struments. and will De stationed at Las AMI
mas On the Arkansas river about 200 miles
i2sawer y5 Of pPWw rF !Ga " ar tTS' and
A. Is. Wheeler will be stationed nj La Junta, d3
miles east Of Pueblo aud % miles west u Las
Animas Prot j. II. Eastman and Prof. Lewis
Boss, Of the Government expedition, will be
t,ail6ned at Pueblo. Prot + $, Holden. Lieut..
7. W. Necry. and DR.. c; ;. Hastings also OF the
!" Centrai civ. Prof.. g. W. Hill Of the Nau-
teal ALMANAC onlce will probably be- sta
corona. Several others are already AZ Maniton,
preparing to take their station on Pixies Peak.
among them Pr, LsPGI P,o q les AfIR a
bridge. Prof. Ormond Ston" oi tincinnatl. froi;
Able ana Col Myers q The signal 0iliec p ana
Bordwell of the Kansas state University Prof.
Eaton Of the Polytechnic, BROOKLYN; Prof. by
man Of Yale. and Prof Edison arc in Denver,
several eminent English Astronomers and other
savants from different parts OF Europe are also
| here. great many students from the various
| Eastern colleges anu representatives, 81 lroml-
ncnt newspapers have arrived during the past
| few DAYS. -....., -.
| The Government signal officers stationed nj
| Denver Cheyenne and Pixies Peak Will make
! speciRi observations. But Scrgt Barwick OF
| tic Denver Office thinks that tho Garden Of the
! Gods rs miles south Of Denver. aud Castle
| Koo k on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
/ will he the hest points in Colorado for viewing
/ the eclipse. M the) are nearest the centre OF
! totality The eclipse, "a seen from Denver
! commences M 2.1G: totally higgins nj 3 80 and
! loats threo minutes The eclipse will end NJ
| An. This il hy Denver time, which is tive
/ hours slower than New York time
The greater number u the eclipse observer;
| ara likely to choose the hluffs In East Denver
nnd the highlands Of North Denver rs the bes
points for satisfactory observations. There arr
! better facilities here Tor the accommodation o
| tho numerous parties. Castle Rock, which II
| nearer the centre OF totally, and which. unde
| favorable circumstances. will be the preferable
point. is on tho divide. section noted for u
frequent and heavy storms. especially IN N
afternoon. During the past three or fonr week
tho rainfall has been much greater than nea
Denyer. II In 900 feet higherthan Denver.
The Garden OF the Gods which some mr.
choosing as tho point for observation, Is stu
nted In ile foothills and right in the range g
The ~ rms that 50 frequently travel from mort
10 south while at the same time, nj dstnnc
of moi over twenty miles out on the plains, IN
sun shines and the sky overhead IS perfect
clear ,. - -.
has made his predictions Of the chances u
rlrar weather as follows: For Denver, 60 nut I
100; Colorado Springs and Garden Of the Con
~ ont Of 100; Golden CITY, fifteen miles west
Denver. ~ out oI 100.