The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-03
A BEAUTIFUL SCENE.
The Eclipse as Observed by the
Scientific Parties
FROM THE UNIVERSITIES,
All tho Phases Successfully Photo
sraphed-The Mountains OF tho
Moon Clearly outliued-An
Inter. Mcrcprial Planet,

San FRANcIsCo, Jan, 9,-Proi, Picker
ing, ofthe Harvard University party, tele'
graphs from Willows regarding yesteg'
days excllpse that the sun was perfectly
clear during totality. Over fifty photo
graphs were secured,
The party consisted OF four observers
from Harvard and twenty.nine local as
sistants. Fourteen telescopes and came
ras were employed Rnd eight spectro'
scopes, besides miscellaneous apparatus.
The first contact was lost through clouds,
The other three were observed ut u dura-
ton Of II, Seconds, Eight were secured
with a thirteen inch telescope, giving
images two inches In diameter before
enlargement; nine werO taken with an
eight inch camera, one. being gCrythriesina
plato through stained gelatino. Twenty
five negatives were taken to measure the
brightness OF tho corona and surround
ings; fine negatives to search for inter-
merCurial planets; twenty TO study the
spectrum OF the corona to determine It's
composition, These will reach from
yellow rays to extreme ultra violet. For
the latter purpose spectrOscOpo was
employed with lenses und prisms, COM
posed exclusively OF quartz, Seven oh.
seryations were made with photometro
measure. General illumination during
totality was found lighter than the
eclipsts OF 1878 aud 1856. The corona
was similar TO those OF 1868 and 1873,
but showed much more detail than the
latter. II was Qn exceptionally fine
corona, extending usually on one side to
two solar diameIers. A striking char
acteristic was two lorked wings OF light
polar rays well defined aud considerably
shorter. The meteorological observations
were under the direction OF Winslow
Upton, OF Providence, Il. l., aud A. l..
B0tch, OF Blue Hill observatory, Thepho.
tography and spectrOscOpO were under
the direction OF Prof. w. II. Pickering,
chief Of tho Harvard College party, us.
sisted, by $, Bayley, r. $. King and Rob
ert Black, Of Harvard.
AT OTHER POINTS.
AT CloverdalC, the eclipse was observ.
ed with great accuracy by the Pacific
Coast Amateur Photographic Assdcia-
ton. The weather WINS favorable; no
wind and u -rloudlcss sky, ex.
cepting a few floating cirrus clouds. The
eclipse was first noticeable at 1888; the
totality at l:4G.42, lasted one minute
and forty-iour seconds-time Pacific
standard. Shortly before tOtality the
cirrus clouds were all tinged with the
most brilliant colOrs Of the rainbow.
Venus appeared early in tho eclipse and
Mercury and other planets were plainly
in view. The arrangements of tho club
weremost complete and every pliase OF
the eclipse was photographed by some
one OF the party, A party Of observers
from Carleton college, Northield, Mimi,
consisting OF Professors Payne, Pearson
and Wilson, were located on an open
plot on the famous ranch Of Gen. John
Bidwell. The party used six inch pho.
tOgraph telescopes and other phoi0gra.
pllic apparatus, and two inch Zeph
telescope.
Professors Wilson and Pearson ex.
posed nine plates during the period Of
totality and six between the first and last
contact observation. Sketches OF the
corona were made by Professors Wilson
aud Payne and Surveyor Brown. The
sky was not perfectly clear. Four long
streamers were seen from prominenCes,
and the Chronosphere was strong form
full quadrant distance OF the west side
OF the sun. Tho northern and southern
limbs OF the sun showed great number
OF iine radiating fllaments.
At Anaheim the eclipse was plainly
visible. No photographs were taken,
but 1t is claimed an inter.merCurial
planet was seen during the period OF the
suns greatest obscuration. Prof. David
son camped near there and made scien-
tiic observations. At San Jose observa.
tions were taken to the normal school
observing party, which consisted OF Pro-
fessors Kloeberger, Holway and Randall,
with four inch refractory telescope and
smoked glasses.
TIE VIEW IN MANITOBA.
A dispatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba,
says: Tho eclipse Of the sun was wit
messed by thousands here yesterday
afternoon, and was magnificent sight.
The moon commenced to obtrudc itself
over the suns disc shortly after 8
o'clock, and at 4:0s the nearest ap-
proach to totality was reached. The
city and It's immediate suburbs were
submerged In twilight, while light on
the eastern and western horison gave
wierd effect to the whole scene. When
the greatest degree OF darkness was
reached n bright halo around tho moons
disc caused by the solar corona, was dis.
tinCtly visible to the naked eye, and
through few small reneCtors which
were brought Into requiSition, eruptions
frnin TIM nnlnr aiirfnrn cnnlh hn lrnrnl.