The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-28
THE GREAT ECLIPSE.
Streets Lined With Smoked Glass Astron-
omers.

Streets Lined With Smoked Glass Astron-
omers
There was more rubbernecking at
the blazing phiz OF cd Sol this morn
ing than there has been for a long
time.
1t was the eclipse that the people
were on the lookout for. 1t arrived
on schedule time this morning, and at
6:47 o'clock the first appearance was
evident by round nick in the suns
upper right hand edge, showing the
approach of,the moons disc, which was
as black ss the ace Of spades. At 7:1s
the shadow was near its greatest den
sity, and the suns surface shown only
by narrow crescent, equaling seven
eighth of its entire surface. At 8:23
the disc passed away and once more
the sun shown clear IN dazzling brill
ancy. Fleecy clouds fitted by at
times and enabled the naked eye to
behold the grandeur of the eclipse,
The streets were lined with amatuer
astronomers, who, with bits of smok-
ed glass carefully kept tab on the
moons progress across old Soils face.
1t is safe to say lthat everybody
in Guthrie saw what was partial
eclipse in this latitude aud longitude.
During the central time of the
eclipse the sunlight that was shed on
the city and country was of a most
strange and peculiar nature. The day
was no lighter than it was at 4:45
The light was white with a slight yel-
low tinge, and appeared much like
! light from a great calcium and lent a
most unnatural appearance to every
thing. 1t will be eighteen years be-
! fore the great phenomenon will occur
again, and the people OF Guthrie may
not see it then as the track of the
shadow may be on the other side of
the earth or further south.
Through belt sixty miles wide cut
ting across Louisiana, Alabama, Geor-
gia, North Carolina and Virginia the
in the Pacific ocean, entered Mexico
near Mazatan, thence crossing the
Gulf of Mexico, entered the United
States at New Orleans, and after sue
cessfully covering Mobile. Raleigh and
Norfolk, plunged across the Atlantic
and was visible to the cities of Coim
bra, Portugal, Cuidad Real in Spain,
and Algiers in North Africa. At none
of these places was the eclipse total
longer than two minutes. In most OF
them it was less than a minute.
AS partial eclipse the phenomenon
was visible from the beginning to end
all over North America and Central
America, and over an upper slice OF
South America, as we'll as over the
whole of Europe, except southwestern
Russia, and over the western part OF
Africa
A total eclipse has been seen by the
United States only seven times during
the century and astronomers made the
most of the phenomenon today. The
government Astrophysica observatory
in Washington, which makes a special
ty of sun study, perfected especially
elaborate preparations to witness the
sight at a point near Norfolk, Va,
where a temporary building was
erected and delicate instruments and
appliances installed for use in taking
observations aud measurements. The
United States naval observatory like
wise perfected careful arrangements
in similar way, and in addition the
astronomers of the Lick observatory
in California. and of sundry colleges
throughout the country established
observation stations at various points
along the path of totality, between
New Orleans and Norfolk.