The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-23
Facts About an Eclipse.
3oeAl Solar 1cltpss Visible In
tho United States Hay 40.
x1D SON WILL LOOK LIKE A
DU1NIN0 CANDLD.

IL SON WILL. LOOK LIKE A
DUnNIN0 CANDLE.
j. u. Coausye'al Advsrtisss.
o. Nay 28 Of the present year We
UDoll hsve su opportunity 70 see %
0oooo0on astronomical occurrence.
- 80 win b totally sclipsed. and
- evOes will b visible In psrts Of
- United 6sasss
0ooosiosslly, % Ne know, the
-uooo poopee bslween % end the suu,
. goo1ieg oftAs laslsr's light complete.
Ilh vs call . solar eclipse
&0oo eo)jpoeos % the other hsnd, are
ono9o1 ~ Ne moons rssehisg such
. otqeie thas the earth 10 directly
ec(t6o9 u - the sun The moon
- - jahsssss .bsillisncy like tho
ono :; jt shinss only By rejecting
e1l6s llgks ssd when thst light 10
60 a. ehe 0ooa simply ''goes ous I"
- ~ ssn b ELI illuoisous, and 10
- goo)ity soSaipg just the same when
oneog eelipee - q any other time.
/. - ~ losnes, The m0os having sud
4Doly ooosod 20 receive OF refect
~ - eclipse b obsssvsbls wher-
o@oe - neon. u upeolipsed. would
- vio)dee Bet q ssy given moment
- 80 uaaslly sse the moon from
Coo-1o8 eho eosth'o surface Couse.
GDonolys 80 . lssss selipss sskss plscs
. oq)oslty of he sssth's ishsbitauts
oogo - opportunity 20 observe Il.
60 oAps . luses eclipse ID sonsshipg
l1o o1oeee ooy pesooa oan rsmsmbsr
- &oso oeen But is 10 very differ
- Ujeo We ssn. AZ We hsvs ssid.
-. eoeejonss 10 give light when
reo6s - shat Il 10 only ia places
vooeo ~ sus h sosuslly covered up
J ~ ueon thse ~ Will seem 10 bs
.9oNDood. TIE 5000 undes eclipse
- - . eaedls that bee been extiu
0o1DAed u 10 dark fsom Whatever
~ ~ look q u Bot the eclipsed
eca = Ike . bssaisg candle. which
olo - Invisible 10 him only whose
o5eW = obsDsuossd By The inserposi
- 81 soos opsqas object
Heee opsqus object 10 the moon
- Ne b comparatively smsll and
e1neee reader The sun totally iuvisi
- too moro thsu . tioy circular VI
ovpl opo( on the essth's susface. Ip
~ eolpss Of Nsy RS that little spot
0tl - oaly shout rs milss wide !;
80 70 The moon we're not io motion
- oeesl phsss Of The eclipse could
= eseo aewhsss else But the moon
= tsaseliug oil the time through
epoes % ito osbis around the earth
- she listls spot 10 moving. too, and
o1osgiog iss posision gradually upon
~ eastb's surface Thus, Instead
- spos. We shsll have . long strip
- bssd sbous Is miles wide end
~ visiting for the right moment, Il
VII b possible 10 sse to,slity from
eey point within this band The
woole thing 10 much % though there
vese . huge pencil. with i,v point
ooeehing The earth. and having its
eebss end pivosed TO the sun. Ii the
ooviog moon wsre then also attach
q % THE pencil somewhere uesr the
essst. she would draw the peucil
oloog. sud the point would trsoe out
soSeclipse psth ON tho earth Any
go staodiDg in thss psth could then
Sook along the peociI. and 1t the
psopsr moment sse the moon cover
Leg the SON end obsouriug the light
1a plscss situsted uesr THE path Of
eoeaitty. % it 10 called, We shsli be
able 70 sss the eclipse, but oot 90
seesl oee. For sucb plsoes the moon
wiII cover the son only in Fart 90
ebaa some OF bis brilliant surface Will
ssaaio 10 eight. The smount of oS
eensatton always depends upon the
oeeefves's nesrness TO the totality
Hoe The nearer he 10, the more
Dearly tossi the eclipse will be.
Do Msy 2Stb the psth of to,slity
begins in the Psoifio ocean just wee,
a Mexico There the point of the
hogs pencil Ne have imagined .irs,
eoucbes our earth IL then pssses
eastward across Mexico. and entering
see Uoited States nesr New Orlesns.
proeseds in . nor,fessserly direction
ussil 10 iesves the contine Mt close 10
Norfolk, vs Then .. crosses the
Atlantic. touches Portugal. and after
wssd passes soross Northern Africa
leaving the earth Enslly near the
northern emd Of the Red sea. In this
eos.,ry the cities Of New Osleaus.
Ls. Mobile. Ala. Montgomery. Ala,
Sslsigh. NJ O., and Norfolk, We. are
sll on the tossli,y pssh At New
Orleans the sun will be com pleiely