The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-29

ct. 49,. n,uu.. TIA, a, pr.y,o,.
Eciipses ana inc s'rea"ers hNss He''e
-rh. Nature NJ the Corouol Jisht Studted
search '"' Inv ''"eS " INV
Element Coronium-Apparatus OF Greater
To-.
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Before Employed to Reveal the mysteries
nrr.o n, ~. Ec,,n.. NJ Man
ana feast-"ork NJ Nsr'ous "'"''""s'
WADFsBoRO. y. c, May %. What the eclipse
| will reveal Of the mysteries Of the sun, what the
observations here taken will add TO the sum
total a meugre sum total at best-of the
worlds sci, n;it!c knowledge Oh the subject are
| secrets as yet locked up In the undeveloped
photographic plates winch were made in the
! ninotv-one seconds when the moon shut OF all
the direct solar rays. SO far ~ the visual
observations were concerned the general
opInion among the scientists here Is TINT the
most remarkable feature of them is their bar
renness. Prof. Young of Princeton, who had
hoprd 10 identify the coronium line OF the
| corona sn.Ctrum with the l47,lIne of the solar
spectrum and thus confirm hi, observations
made in $50 not only failed 10 see the coronlum
line in the corona spectrum. but also failed TO
see guv Lines wh,tcyer. lie was disappointed
| md frankly ronfr. ed hinsel TO be,
81 feel like getting into a well and staying
There a." no remar kcd TO one of The other ob,Crv-
or, vbo Nh, s~praking with him on the subject.
Then orain the corona was faint and the white
pronIin,nc,, which have been o,e OF the inter-
c,,tur f.at,r,s of other eclipse, we're faint, or
| ON, r.lv wanting The corona was palar and
dirucr than on other occasions, The corona
s,r,omer, wayering sheets. apparently i fame,
| which shon, ont thousands Of miles from the
suns surface. were less active than they have
! h,an in other ,c,iusns which have occurred at
! p.r;od, where the solar spots we're nearer the
miximlm.
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h'"'t" "'u ,,a,
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THE WEATHER FAVORABLE
With the lnvmen, however, I, is anoth' mat
tor. For them il va a - cctadle pure and SIM
rIo and f. IN, thou,nndS Of people whp saw II
olopr tho bal, of totalitv. 0ftv miles wid', were
imprc. sod with il as we're the hundreds who
n ~ II here IN Wadesboro, it IL one that will not
mass from their mcmorie for many a log year
10 c,me
q, for M the weather conditions wer. con-
ce-red III re vas absolutely nothing left 10 be
desired All the astronomers, to whom a cle,r
or ,,oudv sky meant 50 much. are enthusiastic
oysr tho wpv ,hp elements ravorpd them. They
sIont but LITTLE las, night; some Of
,bcn hc rdly -lcpt AT all. There was
uro,sinos, Yesterday afternoon over certain
s,cr,l. tho .ky was hanging out. There was u
,,,orv o.no,t overhead and half way up from
,hs h,r,yon In tho zonith there hung all around
,hc heavens dim outlines of wntary looking
clouds S,,ne e. m, professors looked gloomy
"a sbook ,hcir heads, but after sunset the
,,,.c, -. ,hinrs changed Tho watery look
,,'l,od and tho .l,v grew TO n hard. firm blue
and the stars above shone with almost the
brri,,cs of a frosty midyinter night The
sriritS of the scientists ,iSibly rose. As midnight
missed and the promise for a clear sunrise still
held good and strong, they exchanged cheerful
greetings and congratulations with one another.
Then some Of them went to bed and 'lept in
cat maps until from I To S O'Clock in the morn
ing, whom they were called.
The promise Of the night befor" was more
than mnde good The sun swung ny above tho
! hills, ncar ly forty miles away. on the rim Of the
eastern horizon with n clear. reddish glare that
, soon had all the morning mIs's in the valleys