The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-31
4 GRAND SIGHT WAS ECLIPSE
NO CLOUDS TO TAR THE GAZE OF r1ILLIONS
OF EARTH'S INHABITANTS.
work necessary at critical moments,
he seems to have succeeded admirably.
The photographs will probably be
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work necessary at critical moments,
he seems to have succeeded admirably.
The photographs will probably be
developed in Washington.
Everything was in readiness weeks
ago at Thomaston, Ca, where the
Lick. observatory expedition had a
splendid site. Astropomer-in. charge,
Professor W. W. Campbell, brought
several tons of scientific instruments
all the way from Mount Hamilton,
CAL, and was the first astronomer to
reach the coveted shadow path. He
was assisted by splendid corps of
assistants.
The eclipse as viewed at that point
was perfect success, both from an
astronomic and popular standpoint.
What results have been accomplish
ed will not be known until the forty
three photographs taken during the
period of totslity have been developed.
At Sloan, Ga, the observations
were a complete success. The sky
was clear at this point and the full
program of the eleven photograph ex-
posures was carried out. The corona
appeared strikingly like that of the
eclipse in India in 1898.
In South Carolina the day was
cloudless and the special agents Of
the government were afforded splen-
did opportunity to study the phenom-
ena of the eclipse. Representatives OF
the government weather bureau made
extensive observations at Newberry.
The South Carolina college was at
Little Mountain, the University Of
Virginia at Winnsboro and other bu-
reaus aud institutions had observation
parties at 20 points in the belt of to-
tality in the state.
In Columbia the stars came out and
for SO seconds the suns light was oh.
scured. There was an unnatural green
ish halo over the surrounding country
and the temperature fell 10 degrees.
At Rutgers college eclipse station at
Winnsboro, S. c., twenty photographs
of the sun were secured during the
totality with different cameras and un-
der varying times Of exposure.
Observations of the eclipse for the
weather bureau were taken at the
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial in
stitute at Tuskegee, Ala. A perfect
crescent with decided dlminution OF
light was visible at 7:13, and totality
ensued at 1888, its length being one
minute and Is seconds. At the in
slant of totality a cold wave seemed to
pass over the earth and stars were
plainly visible.
The day was anything but one of
rest to those who represented the Har-
ward and Blue Hill observatories, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
oily, st. Louis university, st. Xavier
university and Creighton observatory,
Omaha, Neb., all stationed at Wash
ington, Ga.
A clear sky ard ideal weather pre-
vailed at the hour it was most wanted
and splendid results followed.
AS VIEWED ABROAD.
At Ovar, Portugal, the weather was
clear. and the English expedition OBJ
served the eclipse satisfactorily.
At Tripoli the eclipse expedition,
under Professor Todd, of Amherst
college, completed successful observa-
tions with twenty telescopes, includ-
ing twenty-four-inch telescope. The
corona was for ffty-two seconds and
was an exact duplicate of that of Jan
uary, 1889, completely confirming the
eleven years period of corona variation
at the sun spots. The weather was
splendid.
The conditions in London for OBJ
servations of the suns eclipse were
fair. The day was somewhat cloudy,
but at 2:47 p. m. the sun shone out
brightly and the circular shadow over
the disc was remarkably clear cut.
The sun was intermittently obscured,
but the observer had ample opportu-
nifty to obtain valuable results.
Intense interest was displayed in
the solar eclipse in Madrid, Spain. A
number of excursion trains were run
to Argamsvilla. Elshe, Navalmoral
and Plazencia, where astronomers
from all countries of Europe assem-
bled. M. Flammarion reported from
France and Joseph Norman Kockyer,
Great Britain.
Bright sunshine and cloudless sky
prevailed everywhere. The British
astronomers assembled took photo
graphs every ten seconds.
The eclipse was observed at Algiers
under fine conditions. The sky was
almost cloudless and the atmosphere
almost transparent. Observing par
ties were present from England,
France, Germany, Italy and Switzer-
land, the largest being the British.
AS totality approached the effect was
weird.
When the last ray of sunlight faded
the corona instantly shone forth, un-
usually large and brilliant, extending
to Mercury, shining with intense white
luster two degrees away.
The shape of the corona was almost
exactly that of the eclipse of 1878 as
seen in the United States; namely, two
wings, one shooting almost vertically
upward and the other downward, both
almost exactly on solar equator.
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