New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-11
GOOD VIEWS OF THE ECLTpsr
SUCCESSFUL OBSERVATIONS REpopr,.
FROM JAPAN AND NORWAY
A FINE SIGHT or THE CORONA FROM A srr...
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London, Aug. 10.-Dispatches received -.
from Yokohama and Toxic Japan. say a..
the observations Of the cclipse Of the sun v..
terday were successful. TIE sky was clear A..
all OF the conditions for observations vera ..
vorabe. In the northern part % japan Is.
sky was obscured by clouds and no oba,r.
tons were possible there.
Advices from BodO. Norway say tina. thu .,
servations Of the eclipse At that place wa.
perfect.
London, Aug 10-Mss Mary Proctor. OF ",
York. daughter Of the late Professor Hlch,s
A. Proctor. 1.-THE wel-known astronomer. "a.
graphed to-day from Trondhiem Norway. N a
United Associated Presses that n fine view 70.
had yesterday OF the total eclipse ~ :he a,
from the deck ~ the American Line se(us
Ohio, which was then or the Island Of SH
Norway. The sky vas absolutely cloudless AZ
the atmosphere clear. affording a peffsct rLw
of the eclipse in all i;s phases. The cyrafIo,
Of the eclipse was one minute and thiry.avs
seconds.
Miss Proctor, who is well known in o,r,aorr.
ical circles Is passenger on the steamer OHIO
yachting cruise" To Russia. Norway. and Ia
Land Of the Midnight Sun The trip VIII &C.
cupy about two months.
vadso, Norway, Aug l0-The most impress.v.
effect during the totally Of the eclipse q the
sun yesterday was the enormously sudden dark.
ening Of the landscape. which became a deep
inky-bue color There was a lemon-colored
bard Of sky all round the horizon Brief grpses
Of the sun were had through riffs In ne clouds
when II was half ecipsed, few minutes before
the period Of tOtslty, and again when the
n a
shaped like crescent Numerous photograph,
were taken but they are Of il'tle value.
Berlin. Aug 10.-The later phase u the ecps.
Of the sun yesterday, which occurred after go
O'Clock was we'll observed here.
Tho nress cable dispatches received on Sunday
evening in regard the recent solar eclipse merely
reported the result OF the observations made 10
certain places in Europe; and these. on the whole
were unsatisfactory at points far enough north ,O'
the eclipse TO be total. Clouds interposed JUS, a,
III. critical moment. At places further south Z
good view was had. bu; the eclipse was oaly
partial there, no results Of scientific value were
obtained Nothing was heard from japan. where
two American expeditions were stationed 70 o.
serve the eclipse, until Monday, when private
message was received in this city from Arthur
Curtis James It read: Eclipse observation only
partially successful.
AR lanes IS the son Of p wins James and
owner Of the yacht COronet. and II was tnrolzn rs
lberalty that the expedition heaie1 o. PROFESSOR
D. p Todd Of Amherst College VS. niteI out and
provided with transportation in the coronei TIE
party from the Lick observatory, led ~ Professor
7 nj Schaeb erle was stationed IN the vicinity Of
the Todd party on the island OF gro. and W.
doubtedly experienced the same dlf,oni agemen&,
presumab lv from the weather. Detailed iniorma.
lion on this point however. may not be available !or
several weeks Press dispatches indicate nat ne
weather was fine in Yokohama ana TOXIC oo,a
those cities being south OF the belt n wncA lae
eclipse was total There ere four Russian poss
on Nova Zombla and IN Siberia yet 70 DC heard
from and these may have been favored win clear
skies. A..
Unfortunate as Il is TO have clouds inierpose JUS.
at the moment OF total eclipse that event Is not
an infrequent occurrence. In lsS there was an
eclipse visible scarcely anywhere except on ne
waters OF the Pacific. Several European and Amer
tcan parties went 20 the Caroline Islands with tnef
instruments for observation and photography. Dur
ing the morning OF the day when the phenomenon
was expected there were showers, but Just oe.os
totally arrived the skies cleared. That vas mar
row escape from Disappointment -,
eclipse 1856. visible almost excia.
sIvey al sea Africa afforded an excellent point Of
ylew but was not utilized. and al me south
American line the conditions were faYorao.e A. one
station but unfavorable At another. The attempts
10 observe The eclipse OF sN were absolute failures
Clouds obscured the sun at all stations
on December %. 1883, there was an eclipse Flsos
in both South America and Africa on the .orfns
Sentiment a few good pictures were secured out N
Africa nothing at all. although TIE pdrUainy
ecinsed sun could be through drltl'ns C!ouus,
rrha hest luck ~ tho last decade vas eNp"rer.su
on January / 1889 ard April lo ls" wnen heh.;,
s,tisfactorv observations were made. ana scores VI
excellent photographs Of the corona obtained