New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-10
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
OBSERVATION PARTIES ON THE COAST
OF NORWAY AND IN NORTH
ERN JAPAN.
TINE OF THE oBsCuRAToN-poINTs whEhh II
WAS EXrpCrER TO BE SEEN TO THE
BEST ADVANTAGE


WAS ExrECTER TO BE SEEN TO THE
BEST ADVANTAGE.
There was an eclipse OF the sun yesterday WHY"
was not visible In America In most " ~, =
or1 As,, tho cc,insc was partial but along hne
scarcely 200 miles WIDE extending lro"i w .,
Can. ,,.,th,, tho Arctic Circle. across Siberia ana
Northern Japan down toward the Caroline is'"n"'
in the Pacific the observation WAS c''"p
a pcriod ranging from 100 to LOO secohos' 49,,
The moon began 20 interpose 'seii oe'"ee"
SIM and earth ut 2is a. m. Greenwich t'me' ~
,ho, ,or,,cuI.r moment clocks in New YORK ti'!
and those places usins the seventy-ffth mcridian
ne n standard Of time indicated that IL WAS '.'' ~
m Saturday. The moon occupied ABOUT an "ou
and ten minutes in advancing far enough 10 q"
tirelv hide the sun from the Norwegians anu A'p
| landers Hence the Greenwich chronome'ers rce-
is,erad 3.,S n M and Western-u nion-coh-
trollcd timepieccs in the metropolis STOOD at loo'
D. m. when totality began This was peiore SUI"
rise In the extreme western ana sou'h"c'''' "
parts of Europe But In districts fur'her u ''o
east the orb of day already above the norno''
In fact, in Japan 1t was about l;So o IocA ""s
afternoon The moons shadow required ABOUT an
hour and forty minutes to sweep over the ear III
from the west coast of Norway TO Hezo' one OIL
the northern islands OF Japan. Therefore, to'ah.y
did not occur there until about $40 or S:io ociocH'
local time.
AT all places where the observation was COM
plcte more than an hour was required Tor the
gradual uncoveriEg Of the sun. The snow was
not entirely over, therefore, in Yezo untii nearly
4:3O D. m Japanese time, or a. m New ork tiiue,
Ii is possible that voyagers or islanders IN the
Pacific. well out from the continent may nave seen
lingering traces of the eclipse half an hour later
than this. 49,, s,
MANY excursionsts went to Bodo, on the west
coast of Norway witness the spectacle But
European scientists preferred post OF observa-
tion further north and further east Hence they
went up around the North Cape TO deep, ROCK rock,
bound bay called Narangcr Fjord. Nadgos lit,ie
| fishing village on this bay. was favorite place
| Of rendezvous for professional astronomers Inc
| Russians had parties stationed on Nova ZenbIa
and at three posts in Siberia; But the two exPedi-
tions from America headed respectively by Pro-
! lessor J. NJ Schaeberle Of the Lick Obserya tory.
| and Professor David 7. Todd, Of Amherst College,
! set up their instruments in Iezo. where the dura,
| ton OF totality longest and the elevation OF
| the sun above he horizon was highest one
| marty of English scientists and another of French
! men also established themselves in Japan lnas-
much as the corona the mysterious and beautl-
| full halo surrounding the sun, can be seen, pho
| tographed and analysed spectroscopically only
while the solar disk is completely covered by the
! moon. the advantages afforded by Iezo were APP
parenty far superior TO those enjoyed at Naranger
|