Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-31
GRAND ECLIPSE.
Scientists Had Good Opportunity
For Making Observa-
tons.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
Prof. Lord of Ohio Finds the Corona and
Solar Prominences Are Composed
OF the Same Matter-Prof. Pick
ering Finds Performances on
the Sun-New Planet Seen.


of the Southeastern States over which
the belt of totally of the suns eclipse eX-
tended, the weather was ideal for the OBJ
servation of this remarkable phenome-
non.
lin the southern portion of Alabama
there was some hazincss, but other than
this astronomers and scientists who To-
Gated their observatories in North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Louisiana report that the day could not
have been more suspicious for the study
of the suns eclipse and for securing
splendid photographs of 1t.
From the many stations of observation
established by universities and scientific
and private parties, the reports indicate
that the taking of scientific data was en-
tirely successful and no incidents occur
red to mar in the smallest degree the
fun benefit that was expected to be de-
rived from the event by the scientists,
many of whom made long journeys to
view the eclipse for 81 seconds.
Prof Lord of the Ohio State University
believes he obtained results that tend to
prove that the mysterious matter which
forms the corona is TO be found also IN
the solar prominences The existence of
protruberances ON the sun was reported
by Prof Pickering of Harvard.
From the standpoint of grandeur the
spectacle was awc-insprug. The move
ments of the heavenly bodies were rapid.
Not over five seconds elapsed from the
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into prominence. The United States naval
observatory achieved splendid success at
both GAINESVILLE and Griffin.
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lance bv the astronomers
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school and university of pcunsvlvania oh.
servations wern a+tendod Win ,,or,, craft
fving results
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will not be known for some time as me
photorranh plates will moi he doveIonnf
a, present 4 few minutes before totaift,
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cut off a GOOD nortion Of tho licb+ 7, a.
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outline off ar tho u,rbt ~, this 'ao1t9,
cbou and otbare 90 ,hn ol's,',,. w.,
ever, who watched this particular phase