The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-05-25
THE SUNS ECLIPSE.
An Interesting Phenomena Will Be
a Witnessed Monday.
Will Be Almost Total at Columbia
Will Begin Shortly AT
ter 6 q. m.

uo CuIIouJ ISSUE Vi DClbuC6 anu
Industry" contains an interesting
article on the eclipse of the sun next
Monday, from which we take the
following extracts:
"Of al astronomical pheno mena,
few are so striking to the imagine
tion as total eclipse of the sun. At
the predicted hour, the brilliant disk
OF the sun becomes slightly indented
at It's western edge, aud "a black seq
ment is seen slowly advancing,
gradually obscuring the luminous
surface until nothing remains
but u faint pink coiored arc.
Daylight rapidly dimInlshes aud
anu ID replaced by IA sinister
CLEAN that has curious effect OH
the beholder; everything puts on a
dull and gloomy appearance, as
when night Is approaching, while
the sky changes its pure azure for u
livid, grayish color. When the to-
tally Of the eclipse Is reached and
the last ray OF daylight dies out, u
darkness as profound as 1t is sudden
spreads all around, reducing the
whole of nature to establishment aud
silence. The stars Degiu 10 shine /;
the temperature decreases, while
the humidity of the atmosphere is
augmented; animals appear greatly
alarmed, the dog runs for shelter,
the birds cease Ghelr singing, aud
the hen covers her chicks with her
wings. In place of the sun appears
a black disk surrounded by red
dish crown, from which rose-colored
flames seem to issue. After two or
three minutes, however, the specta-
Gle is at end. me moon, which Ii
the cause of all this disturbance, ap.
pears to slacken her grip, and Odd
Sol il again permitte1 to cover his
protege, the earth, with streamers Of
fertilizing rays; daylight once more
returns, and feeling of relief
coupled with admiration, il evl.
denced everywhere.
such, in substance, are the cir.
cumstances attending a total eclipse
of the sun; and similar conditions
perhaps with slight variations, viii
IN all probability preuomlnate dur
ing the total solar eclipse that take;
place on the 29th or the present
month.
"Eclipses of the sun, all we know
are caused by the interpositiun o.
the moon between the earth and sun
which necessarily hides a large OF
small portion OF the sun iron
"As a general rule, the shadou
cast by the moon travels along tns
earth's surface in an easterly direc
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servers will see the eclipse earlier
than those east Of them -.
1.-The totality commences in tn,
Pacific Ocean at a point sOuthwes
OF Cape San Lucas, Lower Califor
mia; moving in a nOrtheastefly dir
ection, it enters Mexico about mid
way between Mazatlan and th,
mouth of the San Pedro River, pass
ing almost directly over Gonzales
| Mexico, and Edinburg, Tex, ant
| then enters the Gulf OF Mexico abUu
| 40 miles north of Brownsville, Tex
After traversing the northwest cor
ner of the Gulf it passes over Nor
gan City and New Orleans, La.
Mobile and Union Springs, Ala.
Columbus and Greensboro, Ga
New Market and Chester, 8. q.
Monroe aud Winton, N. O.; Suffolk
Newport News, and Cape Henry
Va. 1t then enters the Atlanta
Ocean, still moving in a northeaster
ly direction until 1t arrives at o
near latitude as degrees NJ, when
gradually changes its direction t
southeast, p tssing through PorJuga
and Spain, and enters the Mediter
ranean Sea near the mouth of tn
river Segura; after crossing th
Mediterranean it passes over tn
city Of Algiers, skirts the coast 0
rripoli, and terminates at sunset /
Upper, Egypt. -"
| Usually, the darkness is suff1
cient to prevent the reading OF coul
mon priut.
IAN interesting fact connecte
with solar eclipses is the tnininou
corona and brilliant prominence
that encircle the edge of the sun.
=. The prominences are sometime
seen to shoot up like Il tmes in WILD
fantastic shapes, with incrediDi
velocity, and to the height &
tens OF thousands OF miles. :. !.
"A1toeether, the eclipse of May
next will be one OF great interes
not only to men OF science, who wi
line the path of totality from begin
ming to end, but to everybody tina
is impressed by the grandeur of mai
ural phenomenal
The eclipse begins at Union Point
Ca, at h., 80 M, 40 s., "a. M; tota
ity begins at h., ~ M, IL g., a. IN.
totally ends at tn, Al NJ, Al s., a. m
eclipse ends at 8 h SO M, 90 s., 1
IN. dLr.iIJn OF totality, minut
ano % seconds.
As Columbia Is situated west {
Union Point, Ca, the eclipse wi
consequently begin some minute
earlier at THU place. 1t will begi
here about $40; will be at its fulles
at out 7 40, aud wilt entirely dlsaE
pear about 9 o'clock. As seen her'
It will be more than uine-tentns Il