The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-29
RARE PHENOMENA

"A.
The phenomenon of the moons shadow
bands, which was promised as an accom-
paniment of the eclipse, was not obserya-
BILE here. Mr.. Booger, who watched
through the tWenty-six inch instrument.
took particular pains to see whether the
phenomenon promised, that caused by the
suns rays falling through leaves of trees,
was particularly rewarded for his pains.
With an unshaded sky, rays of the sun
shining through leaves produce little rays
of light on the ground. Mr. Booger
found these rays were changed to cres-
cents. This increased to a greater degree
as the period approached to totality
In some of the Southern cities during the
period of totaIty stars were visible al
most directly overhead. In Richmond a
most striking feature of the eclipse was a
short but brilliant rainbow on the west
or contact side of the sun The phe-
nomenon was the most surprising as
there was not cloud in the sky.
HAD WEIRD EFFECT.
ALGIERS, May 2S.-The eclipse was
observed here under fine conditions The
sky was almost cloudless and the at
mosphere almost transparent, although
not OF the deep blue usually associated
with the Mediterranean. Observing par
ties were here from England. France
d.
largest being the British, whose best OBJ
servations were taken from the roof of
the Hotel de la Ragence, from which
there is splendid view of both the town
and horbor
1t was curious to remark, as the dark
ness approached, that the USUALLY
thronged Place de Government became
almost deserted, while the fat-roofed
houses rising terrace above terrace. were
crowded with spectators. AS the totality
appeared the effect was weird Darkness
swept the earth, the sea lost it's deem
blue and took neutral gray tint, trees
became a dull purple. When the last
ray of sunlight faded the corona instant
ly shone forth, unusually large and bril-
nant' extending to Mercury shining with
Intense white lustre ten degrees away.
The shape of the corona was almost
exactly that of the eclipse of 1878, as
seen in the United States, namely-two
great wings, one shooting almost ycr-
tically upward and downward. both al
most exactly on a solar equality.
The Photographic programme was COM
pletely carried out by Prof. Walter
Maunder, of the royal observatory at
Greenwich, and his assistant
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION.
WINNsBoRO, N. c., May 28.-Prof.
OrmOndstone, of the Leander Mccormick
ginia gave out the following statement:
''The day here was ideal and everything
came off according to programme. With
the forty-foot camera, ten plates We're
exposed during totality. The corona was
also visibly observed with the aid of the
telescopes. The general character of the
corona was the same as that usually
shown at similar times, minimum sun
consisting Of two equatorial wings on
than in the case of the eclipses of 1873,
though the polar filaments were longer
than in that eclipse. No relation be-
tween the filaments and the individual
protuberances could be detected, though
this relation was carefully looked for
SUCCESS AT LOS ANGELES.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 2S-The oh
servance of the eclipses at the Mount
Lowe observatory, under the direction of
Prof. Lewis Swift was a complete sue.
cess. The first sight of it was at 6.23:25
The weather was remarkably clear.
CLOUDS INTERFERED.
GALVESTON, Tex, May 28.-Cloudy
weather interfered somewhat with the 4
eclipse observations here. The eclipse
was attended by many atmospheric phe-
nomena.
SCIENTISTS PLEASED.
CHABOT OBSERVATORY ECLIPSE
STATION, SLOAN, Ga, May 2S-The
observations here were a complete sue
cess. Prof Charles Burckhalter, observer
in charge, gives the following statement
regarding his work:
'"The sky was clear at this point, and
the full programme of the eleven pho
tographic exposures was carried out The
corona appeared strikingly like that of
the eclipse in India in 1898. The Cabot
expedition has the only apparatus in the
world that will give short exposures on