The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-29

graphs on the five cameras mounted on
the polar axis and four photo
graphs with the large photo-hellograp ph.
The transparency of the sky was good AMI
the steadiness of the air was excellent, in
Iact, 1t was unusually good. We feel as far
we can tell at this time that the observa-
tions were entirely successful"
The work of Prof II. C. Lord of the
state university of Ohio, in which con-
siderable interest has been centered, was
successfully carried out. In his spectre
scoplc observations and visual work he
believes he has obtained results that tend
TO prove that the mysterious matter which
forms the corona is to be found also in
the solar prominences, a fact hitherto un-
known and regarded as of great impor-
tance by the astronomers.
At the stations of the Philadelphia High
School and University of Pennsylvania ex-
hibition of the work was attended with
very gratifying results.
The accuracy of the results at Griffin
will not be known for some time, as the
photograph plates will not be developed
at present. A few minutes before totally
one of these clouds drifted across the SUMS
face and cut off good portion of the
light.
1t is disputed question as to whether
there was any haze before the sun during
totaiity. DR.. Brown, the director of the
observations, thinks there was a very
slight cutting Off of the light on this ac-
count, as does also DR.. Humphreys Prof.
Mitchell and others of the Observers, how
ever, watched this particular phase of the
eclipse, and say there was no interference,
or if there was, it was so slight as to be
inappreciable.
The report of Prof. Alfred E. Burton, in
charge of the expedition from the Massa-
chusetls Institute of Technology at
Washington. Ga. reads:
'The weather here was perfect Time of
totality, one minute and twenty-five and
two-tenths seconds. The magnetometer
showed no disturbance in magnetic decli-
nation. Seven sketches were made of the
corona"
Many Photos Secured.
Prof, w H. Pickering, at the head of
Yale's expedition, furnished the following
statement:
I'VE secured thirty-six plates with in
ra-mercurial apparatus and thirty-four
with thirteen other cameras. aided by
nineteen assistants. The plates will be
developed in Cambridge observatory. The
corona resembled that of the 1889 eclipse.
Two large solar protuberances We're noted.
Menus and Mercury We're conspicuous.
The inner corona was visible in the tele-
scope several seconds after totality was
over. There was no dark band around the
moons limb during the partial phase and
no uetdli on the moon curing tOLdnty.i
Prof. W. w. Campbell, astronomer in
chief of the Lick Observatory expedition
states:
+, "Forty-two photos We're secured. The
corona had somewhat the appearance of
the corona in 1898 as observed in India.
Two prominent streamers extended to the
west near the line Of the solar equator
to a distance equal to about five or six
diameters Of the sun, several million miles.
"One prominent streamer to the east of
the sun and north of its equator was
traced to equal four diameters of the sun.
The corresponding streamer south of the
equator was very much less prominent.
The shadow bands were observed easily
at the beginning and ending of the to-
tality.
1.-THE eclipse occurred seven seconds
earlier than was anticipated"
The observations at Silvan, Ga, were a
complete success. Prof Charles Burckhalt-
er, observer in charge of the Chabot Uni
versity eclipse station gives the following
statement regarding his work:
1.-THE corona appeared strikngy like that
of the eclipse in India in 1898. The pic
lures taken vary from two to cne-one hun
dredth of a second at the moons limb and
four to eight seconds at the outer limit,
two plates giving 4-10o to S-1O0 inside and
four and eight seconds outside exposure
with intermediate exposure for intermedi-
ate places"