The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-28
ECLIPSE OF THE sun
OCCURS TOMORROW MORNING AT
SEVEN O'CLOCK.

First Eclipse OF the SUN Visible in Thu
Latitude Since October go, 1892, WI
Occur Ton.orr Morning Early. fol
the Benefit of Americans Only-So
yiaIbie Except in a Small Portion of fhs
North Temperate Zoue-How to watch
an Eclipse and How Astronomers Work
and Figure Time for Eclipses.
The first eclipse OF the sun visible IN
mis- la,irShse since October, 1892, VIII oc-
CIR Tomorrow morning. 1t viii De "hat
s. called an annular eclipse and Waii ap-
near first 70 observers in Wichita al
about 7:4s a. m, and last ill 1854, or
sit.le more than three hours. AT this
sati+ude the moon will cross the upper
edge Of the suns disc, covering al the
moment of ley,eatesl observation aoou'
ona-fo,,rtn of me suns face. The DIS
+-ic+ in which me eclipse will be Wis.,
,,7o i,,1,,5as all OF the United States and
+be southern half of British America as
rreU ss Mexico and the northeastern
svo-thirds of,SdIth America Its course
,,ns from a point in the Pacific ocean
about 200 miles west Of San Francisco
70 ,he middle Of the Atlantic ocean.
There will. be no region Of total echpse.
This means thai in the central part OF
tine district which it covers, wnere me
5o-aT eclipse would otherwise De seen,
rho s;,, appea rs as a ring Of fire. The
phenomenon of annular eclipse, instead
IF total. is due to the moon appearing
sr.alle- at this time from the eartn
.4han the sun does. so the sun is only
,uartiaily covered.
Theline on which the sun thus appears
ss al ring runs through the southern
mart of New Mexico 10 Tampico, Ha-
lyanas and the windward Islands, where
It yea rs off to the southeast and passes
close 40 Cape 81, Rogue. The annular
appean ince lasts at the longest for two
or lh.esn minutes and at the edges OF the
diaricta' An which it appears at all 1t may
last no.A more than a second or two.
There Xviii be no special scientific i'm
s,ortsnce ATTACHED TO this occurrence, but
public cur losity will find much to inter-
est. There is no advantage to be gain
ed by clir.a bling upon buildings and the
small boy with his smoked glass on
Douglas avenue viii find just as mucn
10 interest MIN as the man on top OF the
highest block in town.
The eclipse may be watched with
smoked glass. IL nothing better is at
hand AT tnei,tir1e OF greatest obscura-
"a ton there will besa sensible diminution
IN the suns hsnt- II an opera or field
glass is protec ted by colored or smoked
glasses, very god views may be obtain
ed by such MEANS While observations
will undoubtedly be made at all the OBJ
servatories in then eclipse region, no ex-
peditios1s will De sent out TO observe
this eclipse While very interesting from
a popular standpoirt the scientific facts |
10 be learned from an annular eclipse |
are not regarded as very important.
AnnuIar eclipses while undressing
are not regarded as by any means go
important as total e,.lipses among as
1rornonAers Unfortunately. too. annular
eclipses are somewhat, more frequent
than the total variety jim the proportion |
OF three to Two. The total solar eclipse |
is an event which for grandeur has no |
equal among celestial phenomena The |
complete fading of tine SUMS light and /
the appearance, of the stare. at MONDAY |
are the most startling features Of the TO-
tai solar eclipse. The last total eclipse
OF The sun which was Visible in the Unit
ed States took place ,on New Years day,
IN 1879. and was best seen in California
The next viii occur on May %, 1900, and
80 nF a, will
Virginia to Louisiana
By careful examination Of the map
one will be able to tell the times Of tie
beginning and ending Of the eclipse for
any desired place. For instance, il will
be noticed that the line begins at 2h"
passes considerably to the east Of New
York City. Il will not be farTott of the
way then 70 assume that the eclipse be-
gins II New York at about In and Som.
or in Wichita ar som. But this, il must
be RENE inferred, is Greenwich time which
is five hours faster than eastern time and
six hours faster th5n central. So the
eclipse should commence at about Sh.
Som in New York time. and In. som.
Wichita Similarly the line lends at Al"
passes 10 the west OF New York. SO that
a rough estimate would place the time
q The ending OF the eclipse al An. 20m.
Greenwich time. or In. 20m. eastern
standard time. This is sufficiently ac-
curate for popular purposes. more
careful computation gives these times
for Wichita:
Begins 7;4S: ends 1854.
Unless one is very careful this matter
o. the difference OF time is APT TO be con-
fusing. The day of the astronomers be-
Gins a; noon on the civil day of the same
Date for the hours are counted from / n
u For instance. July %. II som. astro-
noInlcal time is July %. 1:50 .. m. civil
uine. and July %. 1Sh. Pom ast7ononjcaI
ume. is July 80. go a m. civil time
rms custom Of astronomers probably ,
arose from their habit OF working a.
nignt instead Of in daytime. They
FOUND = more convenient to begin n
count the hours a; noon and 70 ke.,
Tlgh; on until the mex; noon. Thus. as
economically speaking the eclipse q,
next Thursday in New York does m.
occur on Thursday az al bu: On July q
between the hours OF q ana "a.
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