The sun., 1891-11-16
THE ECLIPSE WAS BCLIpSED.

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CLOUDS HID DiANA's FACE WHILE
THE EARTHs sHADoW WAS ON IT.
That Was the Consitses sa THIS Lststaee'
nat sn Central New York the sky was
Ciear-Csvseus s.a Unex xpiaisea fheno.e.
non Seen by Pref You.g st Praseeton-A
D.z.ii.s Spectacle Seen At Nyses.
PRINCETON. Nov 15.-During the total eclipse
Of tho moon. which occurred this evening"
Prof. Young. the well-known Princeton astron.
omer. had planned to make u series OF careful
observations OF the occutations OF the smaller
stars by the moon. These occultations. or. as
they might be called. eclipses OF the stars
| by the moon. furnish the most accurate data
obtainable for calculating the position and d.
ameter Of tho moon. and the sets of obserVa-
| tions taken simultaneously In widely different
| sections. as in Europe and America, give the
| best means OF accurately determining the
| earth's distance from the moon. Inese oc-
| cultations are rarely visible even with teie.
scope except In the timo Of an eclipse, and
this evening. II the air had been clear.
thirty-fou would have been observable In
| tho great twenty three inch refractor OF
| Princeton. Owing to the numerous light
clouds none OF them could be observed. ana
| so this part of tho work could not be done. but
| during the periods when tho moons lace was
visible through the clouds a very curious ana
as yet unexplained phenomenon was observed.
namely. that tho eastern part OF the great sat
| elites face was decidedly darker than the
western part To what cause this may be due
| Prof. Young was unable to stato this evening.
NYAcx. Nov. 15.-Many large gatherings.
termed eclipse parties" were held In Rock
land county tonight to witness the eclipse OF
the moon. All had astronomical instruments
| and CHARTS and some wero stationed on the
| high mountains. Tho spectacle proved failure
on account OF the heavy clouds. and hundreds
Of people along the Hudson River we're disap-
pointed. A strange and attractive = spectacle I.
uss sSove asfS te eastern horizon
diamond, shaped light. from the centre OWNED isn
sss ost ssrrsas sssRHF RF.ss
mingling with the heavy. rolling clou&ds:'m & ds
such as nns neIsr fse Was mot e
e ;oyed Rs By any one along the lower Hudson The
iarkened iH ne moon was occasionally seen. but
psss psesched ah' y sG' humber Of kockand county
clergymen tonight; n.,u,, ,a
DOZEN assistants lisa aimed their telescopes at the
sa,ss sds .a na0 the SS"hs5 sonSsss
of G'fe The pVsifiI eclipse We're photocraphed with
sss s1slyoday b in Ss%
Ing spectacle. 70 the general public + + was na
farnisSins the means of deteT%inns WhethsS
tas maHn ss naae Various
but no satellites wero discovered; To- night
Fhs
s sxcept those whose exstsnse, was a slready ,ds
Il Is Il sciences has
esipssd spad he Is that tie
moon has no satellite biz emo ugh, to be seen.
and thS =; & xGSa fes any object
WIZ NV ofa@sser Ha1sS, &oS iS@Prois Ekins and
pss s fss Yas this
except exc for two minutes during totality. and no
data Msre Son ei5Eaborate preparations
had been made to view the eclipse at Dudley usis
sensas s%laas Hs sioSas Witch oane up and oSsoared
'ns sAnaTeGA. Ge Nov. iS.-The eclipse Of the moon
was seen perfectly here. the sky being without
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.-On account Of cloudy
weather no observations OF the eclipse Of tho
moon were made at the Navai Observatory TO-
Il was the intention OF the observers to use
the large equatorial the small e4pnhtoIiab sRd aRa
1ne meoe for briei time beorS totay
i could not be seen at ell during totally. and
oa The ine 81 the observers
to have been given chiefly to noting the time
passed during totality.
Owing to the unfortunate contingencies
ss q psce
was not visible. Profs John K, Rees and
4ansea fer sfs
nomenon. and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
ana ssn
the observatory and left in disgust. They de,
thsrs @ viii s be another eclipse Just like this in
on twenty third street. He owns peripatetic
= hs ;Ssa sssds Sss yTS
ntasss ss, 81 sTfs tSst people
os the e1 sePss
we'll dressed man. About 8 o'clock he took a
y e sses asd
day long and no one will stop to ask him about about
Tn0a Shas ssGwa 0shs fhs hadn't been there
Tasn oe GSsa %ssn PssRSe .s
n!&hat is it2" What's up there?", why.
sessSsiea sSs ssfcs' fof toH esHt any
eclipse; it's all cloudy" The 1uiet-l9oking
ed % upward war and his eyes fixed on that one spot.
Finally popPous old gentleman with white
nesP Pardon s "a me. Sir. but will you kindly tell us
no SassSnsp teS nspy synythns sonf
got little cramp in my neck"