The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-29

flashed out in double fan-lilSe form of great beauty. Several solar promi- nences were distinctly observed on both
 the following and advancing limb. 1 Those on the approaching limb, how
 ever, were more distinct and continu-
 ous, The corona extended about half a degree from the suns limb in the direc- tion of the eclipse, wit hstreamers plain
 ly visible"
 Atlanta, Ga, May 2S.--The United l States government appropriated liber-
 ally for to-day's great work, and ob-
 servation parties were established at
 three places in the south and at Tripoli
 in Africa by the naval observatory.
 Professor s. J. Brown, United States
 astronomical director, is in charge of
 the naval parties in the south which number about sixty persons. Professor Browns headquarters are at Barnes
 vile, Ga. The preliminary work, such
 as selecting a site, erecting tents and installing the instruments, was in
 charge of Professor Milton Updegraff A carload of costly, and delicate ap- paratus was placed in position, the null | titudinous details were completed and the assistants drilled to perfection a few days ago. Three large buildings were erected on a prominence at an altitude of one thousand feet. A large scaffold
 was put up and tent pitched. In one
 of the large buildings is the polar aXs.
 upon which was mounted various cam
 eras and photographic telescopes. The telescope is revolved slowly by means 1f o1o y1y, ,n+n al o1y T,trc equatorial telescopes for visual observ- ation of the corona were also placed in position in this building. Upon the
 scaffold the large photo- telegraph with six-ineh lenses and forty-feet focal
 length was installed. There is, of course, dark room where the plates
 will be developed, and on this particu
 lar branch of work depends the preser-
 Vation of the records of the all-impor- tant event. A branch of this naval ob- servatory party was stationed at Grif- fin, Ga. few miles away, in charge of
 Professor G. A. Hill
 Professor Hills temporary observa-
 tory is on the estate of Georgia's ex- pertinent farm, two miles and a half from the center of Griffin This is also a high point. Both to the east and the west the country is open and afforded a splendid view, not only of the eclipse itself, but the shadow as it appeared from the west could be distinctly seen for miles The station was selected for the express purpose of making spectro- scopic analysis of the various phenom- ena of light. In this particular the work of the Griffin station differed widely from that at Barnesville. The third government station was located at Pinehurst N. c. Professor A. N. Skinner was in charge and his work for the most part was of the same charac- ter as that performed by the Griffin ob- servatory.
 Professor Skinner has been on the ground for two weeks or more, his chief work being to superntend the erection of one of the largest cameras ever con- structen. This station is manned by five members of the observatory staff | and a number of distinguished special ists, among them Dr. Chase of Yale. | The eclipse station of the Cabot ob- servatory was located at Siloam, Ga
 The party was sent out from the | home of the observatory, oakland, Cal, | by Professor James Dalber noted as- | tronomer of San Francisco and mem- l Der of the Royal Astronomical society l of London. Professor Charles Burck- halter is in charge of the party.
 The permanent staff of the Yerkes observatory of the University of Chica- go located their station at Wadesboro, with Professor Edward E. Barnard in charge. Professor Barnard placed in position a magnificent photographic tel escope of six-inch aperture and focal length of sixty-two feet. This telescope is capable of producing pictures from sixteen to twenty inches in diameter A delicate apparatus for measuring the heat radiation of the corona was also set up.
 Massachusetts Institute of Technolo- 5y sent a delegation in charge of Pro- lessor A. E. Burton.
 Professor ". H. Pickering directed he party sent out by Harvard. He vas assisted by J. R. Edmunds and J. 2. Atwell of the same institution.
 Blue Hill observatory, Boston, sent ut A. l.. Rotch and party. Their work , vas confined to meteorological observ- Ltions, a study and record of the shad- I w bands and the velocity of the eclipse wind.