The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-29
IICK OBSERVERS At THOHAS7ON.
Photogrs phs Made Under Favorable Con-
ditions Dutch Astrouomers Present.

THOMAsToS. Ia. MAY p The cell 50 came
on S"vp >ccordS earlier than w"s eS ec'rd by
the Lick Observatory astronomers s'a'i red
here 20 view II, hut they were nevertheless IN
rea din ,ss for It and did their work quickly AID
perfectly. Tie work Of the expedition con-
sisted chiefly in making Photographs and tho
programme was executes 10 the letter. one
clock on one Of the spectroscoYes failed 60
work we'll but this cause no hitch. Forty-two
photographs we're mad during the eigil live
seconds Of totally.
The party was divided into three different
crews 10 manage the Photographic Instruments
lIere are the names Of The crews and the lnHtti-
ment. managed by them: First crew Prof,
e. y Pcrriue and J. n Lewis. iO-root photo
telescope. second crew Prof 4 A Nyland
and Prof Il G. Smith, e7-inch Photographic
telescope. Prof II j Curtis, Prof W =
Russell, 33-inch Photographic camera, James II,
Atwater, short focus camera recording outer
extensions of corona, Albert Matthew, lhree
ordinary cameras. on" exposure Zach dur
Ing phase OF |totality, Third crew Pro- "
" Campbell. two prism objective ~,peC'ro-
scopes. Dr J s Wilterdink. objective grating
spec roscope. Prof ! 4 Miller md Prof J \
orr, 5n-inch by ?7-inch can era, ! ID Hannah,
two spectroscopes. Or h l. Booth. chrononl-
| etrr reader aud announcer.
The senior astronomer, Prof " " camp
bel, IN charg" Of the party, gave the following
statement Of tho work TO THE Sun corrpsron-
! dent:
Though we can't tell lust what are tn results
Of our work until ,he photo raphs are dove
oped md traced out. wa are happy OVER the
prospects Though the sky was not 50 blue n,
We should have liked 10 have itth" weather vas
ideal. being open and perfectly clear, 4 fcw light
approaching clouds threatened At frat 10 OLE
scurn the sun just before the total eclip = was
| ended. bat fortunately did not reach The sun
| until after the eclipse WAS over.
Our entire Programme. which consisted
chiefly Of Photographic work. was carried out.
tn coronnl strcam"rs were similar 20 ;hoSa OBJ
.orv. d in India in SOS. bat 500, ned 10 be ,lu,er
to the solar equator
9TH coronal strelmor> on the ra-' abe wore
observed out TO about to Nv" ~ 81 iire, ~.
diameter of tn aln. whjir one on IA" . ~ SIDE
| extended to about four Tia cs the Ginmctcr or
| the sun. The other strean,er on The wc-, side
was not so strony Tie shadows were very
distinctly observed ~ they ira vr'lrd eastward .
The partial eclipse began AT 6al', o'ciorN and
lasted two hours and twenty live inmates. The
total eclipse hrEan at ! - lilo O'Clock and
lasted eightv-nve seconds. The astronomers
say Int The eclipse NJ this po,nt VIVA all and
oyen mora han thew cxpo,ted mud thar ,,,y
are more than repaid for their trip to TINS point.
Among the aslronomcr- here wore Prof
W. ". campbell astronomer At iicn
Observatory. Mount Ia %Hil'on. Cal Prof
G. y. perrina, G%s>latnnt aSIio oNor NJ lick
| Observatory, Prof. \. wizard. dir otor Of
tho Utrecht Observatory nj Iir"'hr. Goraul
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