New-York tribune., 1885-03-17
THE SUN IN PART ECLlPSED.
ruo,,s .xns OF CoLoRED GLASSES USED.


THOUSANDS OF COLoRED GLASSES USED
SCIENTIFIC MEN OBSERVING THE TIMES OF fih'i
AND LAST CONTACT.
Old Sol suffered eclipse yesterday with the
utmost composure and continued shining all the time as
he were quite unconscious of the fact that an
cant satellite was passing in front OF MS rauian' i
As for the special benefit of those who wisnea W OOh
at the eclipse the clouds which Sunday threatened
60 ander the entirely invisible rolled away
durue the night and the shone In uncouded spieh
dor apparently daring the moon 10 40 her "oi9U no
1913 the time predicted for the beginning Oh inc
peoples faces began to be turned up to"a
the SUM- and some forgetting that they had not the ocu
lar qualities attributed to the eagle attempted 10 s
the old gentleman out OF countenance with the naKeo
eye But spite OF the eclipse tho sun was 700 sons
for them and they quickly closed their weeping eyeiu'
Some business houses arranged clever adveruseMen'
in the form of cards with pieces OF ooiored glass IN
their centres Many pedlers in tho neshborhooa oi 'o
City Hall did thriving business IN coioroo easo'
while one epterpsng person erected telescope III to
City Hall Park through which he allowed tne curious w
look at the eclipse for consideration OF 20 ceh.' ~
Those however, who attempted TO use cooroa sias''
found It an altogether insufficient protection against the
Intensity OF the SUMS rays and the best view was oD
taned through piece of ordinary wndowglass heaVhy
coated with SCOT from the fame OF candle or sas)o
An observer watching the through such amedium
at the hour predicted for the beginning OF the eclipse saw
a bril
fyecent piece The first contact between the sun anu
the ark surface of the moon Invisible to the od
nary observer and not until about 1890 O'CLOCK
that at point the right hand side OF the suriaco' anu
little above the horizontal diameter the circumference
appeared to its full roundness ana the cage o o
moons disc gradually became visible, like big Ink oot
upon the brilliant surface. The moon continued 10
make her way upward and to the left' unth
at about 1870 o'clock, the ume Oh grea.ee'
obscuration, almost a third OF the suns a,sc
had disappeared, and about hah oi 'no
moons was projected upon it. At this time the dmlnu-
t,on of light although extremely slight, was apparent
and the sunshine which had been so brilliant al noon
was trife dull and seemed to have lost htte Oh is
splendor The moon passed OIL not far from the sos
point OF the suns disc about 2:4o during 'ne "noo
duration of the eclipse nothing obscured the 'le" III
though toward end few heecy clouds somewhat ue-
the observations astronomers AS soon as the
sight was people threw away their coioreu anu
smoked glasses the telescope folded up his instru
ment everybody went about MS business aS Il an
eclipse were an everyday occurrence
Meanwhile men OF science in the city were making the
eelipse the object of careful observation The city Is
however a poor site for observatory, aud the CITY
colleges have not astronomical apparatus OF the most
improved description. For this reason no photogapns
no attempts made to utilize the occasion I9r
spectroscopG work stated tS IN in the
city was principally directed contact nos They
a ooSed for the corona also but without any hope or
exnectatlon of seeing it, Professor Rees OF Columbia
College, invited all the students to visit the
during the eclipse and observe 1t through the telescope
Many outsiders also ayaed themselves oI Thu tne 0pppe
dcted by Professor and his assistants for the ns
l2rS The % %ss pedced for 259
and was observed 40.5 seconds later These observed
times are, however subject to slight moainoon on
count the slight inaccuraey OF the chronometer %
was used As the passed over the surface OF ne
ann il hid large cluster of sun spots Professor hees
noted the which they were obscured as TINS gives
data for determining their exact position nc Ion III
in txiu fhp
cause of the eecy clouds which at that time pasSeu
over the sun. 49,. ,s.- -, >o,r
York. did not attempt to make any exact ooser va t
but contented himself with projecting an image OF te
a by means OF heostat ior 'no pehcn' VI
Professor Coakley, of the University of the City made
which closely confirmed the results OF his calculations
Tue calculated time Of first contact was 2S ana OF as
his ehronomeer Professor Coakley observed the first
contact 10 seconds after 1918 and the last e1ha. a
Professor Coakiey had unable to the corona
He said that he did not believe possible 10 see e @
rious phenomenon except in case OF lota ecnpse a
then the corona Is not visible nnt .ne % and Dis
nneayed as soon as the luminous point came INTO
naTthe Normal College 500 young women thronsed
luncheon eo time. ami watched eagerly .onss for
GS ncsedP 5it time Is PSe h1 hour from quarter
quarter past l2 and the moon mad just peg W rtnrn
to their exercises Some of the young women %
brought bits of stained glass with ,ne anu % choars
to take turns in watching the OF With peee
of smoked glass TO look through. and Professor Dundon
in his effort take peep through the ga se re Re
smoky his face and secured DealIu o4a0h 0'0
that was much admired by the young ladies' -, .h
There were special arrangements IN any , pi ano
gathered AT the windows in their class rooms and used
pieces of glass they had brought with them MANY
tratng the manner in which the eclipse occurred ana
gave short lectures on It