New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-05
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learn that language on the trip Il he hoped to secure
any intelligent assistance rom sne o, c hardships
which he must necessarily experience on te ~ ,Ss
and arrives somewhcIe in the srs TO be made
Other hercuean task presents ITSELF me nus S rau
mountain WITH PropSr SPe d" with M' Which the
principal observations are to be usse,s: I'm itself II
has six inch lens and picture OF the sun VIII pe
about five inches in diameter me pa iaa'. ,,h ,hem
this Instrument IS by - inches; anu w' Showing
-. drtals Of The corona stretching over this I'M.
menc plate and much further away from the S Th,s i
strnmcnt when placed the ;lopng side OF noun ,hc
tain will he covered completely over; sNcep' IL T his
h"us',, will extend some distance over the rear eIn
OF instrument. and In here Professor , s on the
viii live during the month more that ne ID vi e
"srrxnors will he taken and tho instrument Will
bo st long before the day OF the eclipse. THIS work
Involves extremely careful calculations. as 'ns gu,
be pointed toward 'hs eNsc, ,n sp hrr" minutes
when the eclipse IS total The setting up OF ,n .
in tht Gstrumcnl must n1sG me nP" enough
70 ncntrazc the effect which the movements Oh .ne
earth on its axis and in its orbit would dS,n
Without ne clock" the photograph womb ,,e ec
elorgatcd and would thus be worthless lot S''''''
Professor schaeberle does not depend entirely uhon
this enc instrument. lie has an 'l,,oria e"s' than
the one already described. This instrun'il, mm'
taken along because OF me paCec
mad
Coast Photographic Association, IN l93D sT NV Solar
fslail corona to extend Over io,r unr o,ohc,,cra nh
damctcr from tho suns centre The photoh"isrntpn
Ions ON the large plates will only give r'gon oi
lille over two solar diamccrs on each sde VI anc
contrc To guard against failure Proiessor '.""e
bcrle took along the lens With the short locus all
that the fshails" might be discovered wi'"ou' i''
II tlev should exist. -, . rooa ord,
E.sile; these big instruments he has eood 0iu, ,
nary camera on tripods and detective camera Wn VIII,
he soys no will also use. providing he can ma In,'il,
ccnt assistants to operate them. Inc Dig 1870
viii NJ, be- in place at the critical moneht, iv W1n
and nrImod for The work which i before th"ih VIM,
The moon COTS exactly In front OF the sun We ' ~,
,rIu no removed and long exposures nl,un ioI Nv
nurnose OF bringing ont the nIinrtcst u',as ~. ~
n~or, profoe snr Sclaclerlc told the writer lH, -,
bnd everything necessary In tho shape ot
IN make the expedition perfect success. Pr,,rs
no had Good weather. With n cloud"Ss Ky ahy'""
lilo f,il,r. vouId be- due 10 his own faiit. - 81,
" n tho sun + always sending on such nns N, ,,,
ro,o,i, from its volcanoes IT might De uon,n' , ,
,ha, 4 called the could be- seen ~ any "'
with thc proper glasses. That II cannot u" 9,' ona
cent when there Is an ccllps" IS due 10 u,p n" in
cnnso whIol prevents the stars from n'ihs r,, A.
,hn DAYTIME The light which Is b'ich,n 10Y" -,
m much fainter than that from IN" main BODY OF ,,
SIM Itself that Is entirely ohScured from W. ,a 10
whom Tho light Of the itself IS hihdeh n''.nu ~
moon does the light from the volcanoes snow
mich interest J. felt by astronomers w VI, %%nr;l
yoions which are TO 10 taken Of the eclipse W N ,
a. +, Is hoped that many questions when nave ''e
been IN dispute will be- settled.