The Topeka state journal., 1900-05-28

hills surrounding the city and the street
cars took special parties to the parks |
SCHOOLS and courts were an nour late
in conVening. The most distinct and |
impressive feature of the phenomenon |
was the withdrawal of the heavy dark
shadow and the instantaneous tighten
ing up of objects in its wake. Stars
were visible in the west
A COMPLETE SUCCESS.
Sloan, Ga, May 2S.-The observa-
tons mere were a complete success.
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-
tograph exposures were carried out ne
corona appeared strikingly like that of
the eclipse in India in 1898. The Chabot
expedition has the only apparatus in the
world that will give short exposures on
the bright inner corona. while giving
long exposures on the faint at the same
time on the same plate. The pictures
taken vary from two to twelve nun
dredths of a second at the moons limb
and four to eight seconds at the outer
limit, two plates giving four to eight
hundredths inside and four and eight
seconds outside exposures, with inter
mediate exposures for intermediate
places. The plates will be developed .
this afternoon"
NO OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS.
Wilmington, N. G, May 28.-No OH
cial observation of the eclipse was made
here today, but thousands saw it
through smoked glasses and imprOViSed
instruments. The period of compare
tive totality began at 46 minutes and
four seconds after o'clock and was
probably seven -eighthS of the whole and
lasted for a little more than a minute
and half Cheraw, S. c., unofficially. re-
ports a period of totality of nearly
minutes The sun was entirely darken-
ed there. The tides at south ports show
ed no effect.
| SMOKED GLASS A ASTRONOMERS
Washington, May 28.-The officials of
the naval observatory here received dis
| patches from their working parties at
| PlnehurSt, N. C., and BarneSVille, Ca,
! Immediately after the eclipse of the sun
/ this morning stating that the obSerVa-
| tions at these two points were entirely
| satisfactory. The weather was clear,
! the instruments worked we'll and the
| entire programme of observations was
| carried through without a hitch. No
| further details were given.
The eclipse as viewed in Washington
was quite striking prenOmenOn bur
was narred somewhat by clouds towards
the period of greatest observation. The
| streets were filled with smoked glass as
| tronomers who watched the remar6a :
| ole display. The eclipse was not total
| in Washington, but the obscuration in
connection with more or less cloudy
| weather rendered the city very dusky
| All OF the public buildings where the
pOrticOS faced east We're seized as point :
| of vantage and crowded with specta-
| tors. There was quite an assemblage
| about the east front of the capitol and
IN the various departments work was
| practically suspended for the time be-
ing.
REPORT FROM THE LICK
lick LICK observatory, Cal, May 2S.-Prof.
stated today that the observations of the
eclipse from Mount Hamilton had been
| successful, but that he could not say more
at present; The main observati ton party
OF the Lick observatory is at Thomaston
Sia-, where elaborate preparations had
AT BERKLY, CAL.
Berkly, Cal, May 2S.-The partial
eclipse of the sun was successfully OBJ
served at the Students observatory OF
the University Of California. by Prof
image of the partially eclipsed sun was
six-inch equatorial. The mast gratffyine
feature of the observations was the exac
coincidence of the time of the last con
the time predicted on the basis of {
lengthy calculation of two advanced stu
Baird. The observed time was six hours
q minutes, 40 seconds and IS hundredths
--l'-'' At + TaomAsroN. Il GA.
Thomaston, Ga, May 2S.-The eclips
tion of the Lick observatory. The total
ity being a scant eighty-fve seconds. No
a cloud was visible near the cornu, bu
70 the west heecy streaks were discerned
| Standing some distance off from the cor
onora's rim outside a brilliant star wa
D distinctly visible. The effect at the tim
of complete observation was that of
| deep twilight. The astronomers bega
= work at O. clock A squad of deputy sher
ifs guarded the approaches to the observ
5 atory tents, it being feared that tn
( stream of people would jar the earth an
| affect the delicate instruments. PrO1
. Campbell, of the Licp eclipse expedition
was at his observatory at o'clock an
1 | every man was in his place hour be
4 | fore the first contact was noted.
t Prof. Campbell gave the Associate
z Press the following signed statement:
q Ntdi-waswaSnu hXl2sPre INNN
THE sky was clear, but not very blue
e ! Rapidly approaching clouds from tn
5 southwest which ,obscured less than on
4 minutes after totality- The prograT
!. which was almost wholly photograph
; work, fully carried out except i
= case of one spectroscope, whose clock re
fused to work.
The corOna1 StreamerS were SOmeWha
S similar to those observed in India in 1S9
l. There were two on the west of obtu equs
d intensity out to a distance equal to fiV
o six diameterS of the sun. The uppe
t one of the two to the east was muc
d stronger than the lower one and was oil
V served out to about four diameters. Til
i StreamerS seemed to be nearer the SOla
6 quatOr than in 1898. The shadow band
a were distinctly observed. including frol
It about 3S degrees. west of north to 3S de
Y greeS east of south, travelling nOrtheas
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