Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-16
aOUT OF SIGHT"
.,,vrs ICE1Pss OF fHE MOON VIEWED
~ we Sv HUNDREDS IN WHEELING
f., Celestial Psr@rmancs-ROw the
! CO. ,.,., Wak.d-OpiniOns Of Local
lm.tsur Astronomers.

IAN the satellite of this oblate
TIE id upOn which we live, move and
shefU1,, ,s thoroughly 'fn it"lastnight
g'ili'' .badOw. 1t is surprising what
IN ~ there was in this eclipse
% here in Wheeling. E.. This his. may Hoo oS
fsa lanted for from the fact that a sOOa
'c''-I 1--we caught on to the fact that
a''y -o be another one under pre-
''iV the same conditions until
S''s IS, 1908 good long time
S''s I, 80 a good many determined TO
4" ", F,I las. night if they didn't lay up a
tsD" ,r every eighteen years ana
O- DAYS the sun and the moon get
s.e7eu S UUb the earth, and as a result
ID liuo me-. ~" spds itself in the shadow OF
ne ma Ia we live in and goes Literally
he HO .i.b, This is known as the lu-
ol' VI 49,, j,e and is known as one or the
"a lint interesting and attractive OF al
l .gsrsnIv phenomena. This Is from ene
iea' 5ao;ct OF the ordinary observer
sslu lIgotcbes IL through an opera glass
Ea0 ~ the uudraped eye, simply from
OF VIZ ~ and a desire TO see all that Is
going on. 49, ,n+orast in the event
a , groups of lOokers-on were encoun-
ila. IN various places about the city.
. ..l.- the Mcclure House was large
As-. o ~ nersons gazing intently, while
N',Eg .rtet street, near Alley 9, about
..11ooty-fye spectators held reserved
~. - The moon was down so low
S''' .Aa sky that at first IL
Ia o,ly be seen through a slit be-
- bnildings at intervals through
y. cart OF the city. Several parties
liz ~ stationed along Twelfth street,
,..oop Chapline, and at the corner OF
n ~ and Fourteenth street. At the
nm So House party. of astronomical
,.I.1Iators kept tab on the shadow,
~ rom every point Of vantage, espe-
',siv from nigh windows, and roof
.,r, where convenient, pairs OF eager
.yss peered out into the dark llliml-
Tortrnately the weather was favora-
No and the conditions excellent Tor
yisVIBg the performance. The moon
,,.s In the very carly evening, but ow-
i,g 10 the typographical condition OF
wheeling it was not seen TO good advan-
aye in the heart Of the city until she
,,qs well I'D in the heavens. This was
,bout half past five o'clock and the
~ooD was partlp immersed In the shadow
,len.
uappeared TO take some time for the
arb Of night to pass completely into the
5sep shadow Of the earth, and the pro-
,ress OF the eclipse was observed in
EASY stages. On the east side
Inclination Of its broad face first began.
A small break occurred in its periphery
bite this of in pieces) and this got
brger and larger until il looked as II a
gres, piece Of the moon had been cut
ont. Slowly immersing herself in the
shadow Of the earth the satellite went
Oh until she looked like a thin crescent
o. a new moon. Then the total eclipse
followed. The moon, however, was not
wholly Obscured from sight. Such re-
fected light as was in the shadow OF
the earth enabled the moon to be seen
as through a glass darkly.
To a casual observer there was no ap-
parent eclipse and the moon looked 20
Be Of a reddish copper color The
cause Of this is that, although the moon
enters the earth's shadow so that one
would think IL would be obscured, the
suns rays coming through the earth's
atmosphere are reiracted or bent and
shine on the moon so that ii can be seen.