New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-14
THE PENSACOLA TO START ATLASL
ASTRONOMERS PROCURE THE NECESSARY IN.

ASTRONOMERS PROCURE THE NECESSARY IN.
sTRUMENTs FOR OBSERVING THE ECLIPSE.
AFTER several postpOnements Of the sailing Of the
sloopof-war Pensacola for the coast OF Africa with
the eclipse expedition, due to the failure Of Pro-
lessor Todd to obtain the necessary Instruments IL
is now announced that the vessel will actually sail
from the Navy Yah tomorrow. and go direct 10 ST.
Paul de Loanda. As the eclipse takes place on Do
cember % time will be lost by stOppng at other
ports. The ship carries only coal enough for twenty
days steaming at the most and with the closest
economy practised by the engineers, she viii have
to sail nearly the entire distance.
Professor David p Todd, Of Amherst COLLEGE, is in
charge Of the expedition and the following are tho
other scientists: Professor +. II. Bigelow gratu-
ate Of Harvard and attached 20 The Naval OBJ
servatOry, chief astronomical assistant Professor
Cleveland Able, OF the Army Signal Bureau. meteo-
rooest H. +. Pres ton OF the Coast Survey who will
make magnetic observations and gather Information
about gravitation; Professor Eben J. LOOMS, Ot
Washington. OrnithoIOgtst; c. A. Orr, of Clark Uni
versty, anthropologist; l. II. JacobL of Columbia
College, astronomer; W. Harvey Brown, of the
National Museum, Washington, naturalist; H. s.
Davis, Of Princeton College, Joseph Russell. OF
Washington, photographer: Professor AleXander
Agassz. and He'll Chatelan, Interpreter
The officers of the Pen sacola' Captain a. r.
Yates. commander; acknowledgements Franklin
Hanford. executive; Lieutenant L. W. Nichols, nayi
EEsigns ]. \. DOugherty, j. II. ROhrbacker, A y.
Mayer " A., McCu!ly. A II. Scales 4. II. Davis and
G.. II. Burrage; Naval Cadets +. Marble. !. b. Pat
ton. W. d. MacDougall and p. Williams; Chief En-
eineer James W. Thomson. Passed Assistant En-
gneer John A Tobin. Assistant Engineer Victor Blue.
Medical Inspector c. H. White Passed Assistant Sur
geOn f. Ii. HeSlcr, Assistant surgeon J.. l. Won
Wedekind Pay Inspector l.. G. Billings, Chaplain
J. X. Matthews, Captain Of Marines VI. {. Goodbeu,
Pay Clerk J. \. DelueS BOaswain J. Costello Gun
ner j. GasknS Carpenter g. W. Davis, and SALTWATER
{. T.. Minter
The instruments that VIII be taken comprise all
varieties of portable astronomical, transit and solar
Photographic Inventions. well as the deepSca
sounding and dredging machines TO be used by Pro-
fessor Agassz. There Will also be Jars, hcrbaI1ums
and insect for the preservation OF rare natural
history specimens. The hvench Clark equatorial
telescope of Columbia Observatory will also De taken
along, as will also a camera thirteen yards long, and
twenty smaller cameras
The expedition viii be landed az ST. Paul de LOanda
and then Will travel inland about seventy five miles
TO MaMma. on the QuanLa River and there separate
into Two parties and take up different stations
that point TO remain until the eclipse. After dis
charging the scientific party the Pensacola will 10
ST. Helena to take coal bOaHi and then be under
the direction Of Professor AgassiZ cruise OIL the
African coast 10 series Of deep-sea drpdgngs
and soundngs After the eclipse the vessel will take
up the party again at ST. Paul de LOanda and return
home, peaching here in the latter part Of January.