The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-29
syTy ~ SPAIN AVID ALGfERS.
,,o,hsr splendid In Those Countries for .
View ~ the Eclipse.
se,.u, Ci,'s Dc,pl'ch TO THE Sun

Sfl.NI. ' Nhf w 49,
y,,x Nav % Sir Norman Iockyer.. d.
oro n, N. solar phv.ic, Observatory. South
,I,,,on and Professor Of astronomical
n. n, the ROYAL College of Science.
w., ,y.r, 10 Spain 10 observe the eclipse.
,lerraphs from Santa Pola 'hat ina
h .r u,. pnrfec, for observation pIr-
no.,. Tho eclipse Of 1873. which he
.,s,rvcd in the United states. was
,s, reduced IN many respects The spectrum
.,a IN. shape of the "oronn were III" same
~, lorrn.; ,'rramorS uf The corora were
.l,r, two diu'untrr- IN exclusion. Both were
49, h.outiru' one ,nperrd In N" direction
=, ucrcury. There was no unknown bodH
Y.ortbr sun No shadow was oh-erv d The
,u,r,rnturc 'sll Ave- degrees tcntigrad' The
,,jov hqnl- were carefully observed on two
,,rrnIar Flames AMI were very different
fro. those oi 1873
correspondent at AlGi"rS telegraIhS tha, II
,.. curious 10 mark, n darkness approached,
49,, rle Place in Commencement. usually SO
,n-,rgrd hrcarrc almost deserted, while the
a., roof, Of the houses, rising terrace above
,,rrace were crowded with spectators, The
,o,c, Of the eclipse a. II approached totaltty
vos iu,\rrrssilly weird, As the darkness
,-,r, nyrr the earth the sen lost it, deep blue
,,nr and became u spectral gray. while the
~,.yfdcrnen OF the sub tropical foliage turned n
|fuUrrral purple.
lps, ~. The last sun ray faded the corona in
,,au,lv -hone forth II was unusually large
md brilliant, extending rs lar a the planet
Mercury. when shoue with an intense white
l.rre About two degrees from the suns disc
,la corona was almost exactly tn same
,I,, az i.-s ne AEON in the nstAd
STATES. with two great rings. one shoot
,nr almost vertically upward and the
other downward Both were almost exactly
on the solar equator. 1t vas a corona typical
ora time Of sun-spot minimum. Most Interest,"
io, observations of the shadow bands wore OBJ
,,ined The bands travelled in The sam" direc-
ton both before and after the eclipse. not, how
ever. In continuous lines. but in separate spots
Ike the passing Of fock OF birds
Another correspondent at Tripoli says the
weather was splendid The Lowell University
,.pedit on. under Prof, Todd. made complete
and successful operations with twenty tele-
scopes and Photographic apparatus The tele-
scope had an object glass of twenty-four inches
Tn, corona was seen for 50 seconds. IL was an
exact duplicate of the corona OF January, 1883,
thus completely confirming the theory OF an
eleven years period Of the corona and its varia-
ton with the sun spots,
UvNR. Portugal. May % Observations OF
the eclipse were taken satisfactorily here. but
there were some cirrhus clouds and the result,
therefore, is perhaps somewhat doubtful. There
was a distinct rainbow seen just previous to
,otality. The unearthly light that followed
turned 4 to n sickly, yellow haze all round the
horizon. II was not very dark during t~otalitv.
Animals were not per'urbed greatly
MADRID, May ?s.-There was a remarkable
exodus OF all classes to-day TO Argamasilla.
PIacentia, Alcazar and other points from which
the eclipse could be seen. The railway
companies provided IA large number
Of special trains Twenty thousand
tickets we're sold. Haukers bought large
quantities and realized large profits, The
rustics In tho totally zone awaited
the event with a ourious mixture OF
expectancy and superstition. Many Of
them attended mass and confession. The
eclipse In Madrid. though 1t was not total.
produced a twilight and fluctuations in the
thermometer Of 10 degrees Centigrade. Some
stars we're clearl y visible.