New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-19
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
total ECLIPsES THIS CENTURY.


In an interesting article in Nature particu-
lars are given Of twelve total solar eclipses
which viii occur during the remainder Of the
present century.
First-1ss2, May IT.. The most accessible
portions of the central line will be IN Upper
Egypt and the extremity Of the Peninsula of
Sinai. The central eclipse passes of the
Asiatic coast near Shanghai.
Second-1SS3, May 6. The line Of totality
faces in the Pacific Ocean. Eclipse lasts six
minutes.
Third September g. Visible in New
Zealand soon after sunrise.
Fourth-1SS6, August 30 Totality lasts six
minutes and twenty-seyen seconds. Central
line passes across the Atlantic and over South
Africa. Duration of eclipse when IL reaches
African coast, four minutes and thirty eight
seconds. This eclipse is a repetition Of that of
1868, August 8, and will recur 1904, Septem-
Der 8, in mid Pacific, and 1922, September II,
visible on east coast of Australia, where the
duration will be about three and half min
utes
FVth-1ss7, August 10: Eclipse begins in
10 49, E. and 80 SO n. II will be most
favorably observed in Asiatic Russia, but some
fifty miles north of Moscow the total eclipse
will continue two minutes and thirty seconds,
with the sun at an altitude of To. AT Berlin
the sun will be totally eclipsed Immediately
after rising. On Lake Baikal totally will con-
tinue about three minutes and thirty
seconds, with the sun near the meridian.
Sirth-1SS9, December %. The greater du-
ration of totally in this eclipse falls upon the
Eastern Atlantic, but where the central hne
meets the African coast in Angola about 10
g. S. it continues three minutes and thirty
five seconds, with the sun at an altitude Of
Serenth-1s92, April 90 Almost entirely an
ocean track on the South Pacific; an imprac-
ticable eclipse.
Eighm-is93, April TO- Probably the most
favorable eclipse occurring before the end of
the century. On the west coast of South
America, rather less than degree north Of
COquimbO, fOtality will continue nearly three
minutes hence the central line traverses Brazil,
passing oil the continent near Clara, and here
the sun, near the meridian, will be totally
eclipsed four minutes and forty-four seconds.
After traversing the Atlantic it enters Africa
close to Bathurst, where the total phase Is
about four minutes; thence through Central
Africa 10 point west of khartOum.
NiRh-1S94, September 2S. Either sea-
track or a passage over inaccessible regions,
except that the eclipse may ultimately hc found
to bc total in the Seychelles. The central line
begins In the middle Of Africa Just north of
the equator, leaving that continent near the
Juha River and ends near Macquarie Island.
Tenth-1s96, August 8. The central line en-
ters Norway, near Tana, IN Finmark, and IN
2S' 4G' l.. and ZOE 81 y. the duration Of to-
tality is one minute and fortv-tlrec seconds.
Near the AmOOr River totally continues two
minutes and thirty-cight seconds. The total
eclipse may I've observed also in the northern
parts Of YcssO, Japan. This will bc recur-
renee Of the eclipse of 1sO6, June 6, observed
in this country by Bowditch. It's last rccur
renee was on July 20, 1873, the central line
passing down the Rocky Mountains.
Eieuenth-isS9, January y. This eclipse
may be- well observed in Hindostan; totality
win continue about two minutes and six Sec
onds.
Trelfh-l9OO. MAY 2s. The central line be-
gins in the Pacific in lso ", traverses the
southeast portion Of the United States from
Louisiana mot far from New Orleans) Ia Nor
folk, on the Atlantic coast, and at the point
where il leaves the American continent totaity
begins about s:17 q. m, and continues one
minute and forty seconds. Crossing the Allan
tic, upon which the greatest duration Of totally
falls, il enters Portugal near Ovan, where the
total phase continues one minute and thirty
Portugal and Spain. 1t VIII be recurrence OF
that of May, 1882.