Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-27
this YEARS ECLIPSE
The suns shadow path In AuEust-An
Event Of Astronomical Importance
How TO See II.


Hudsons bay. enters the Atlantic ocean
a short distance north of Newfoundland.
crosses northeastern Spain. northeastern
Alsicrs and northern runis. passes cen
trally over Assouan. on the Nile, and
ends at sunset In southeastern Arabia.
writes Mary Proctor In the New YORK
World.
In New York city the eclipse VIII nc
partial. beginning at about $50 o'clock
and ending few minutes after 1880 in
the morning. Since the sun rises on
that day in New York city at b:A a. H..
cncc Of seeing the light OF the sun SLOWLY
fading from view about haIt an hour
later. The partial eclipse begins prompt
~ at two seconds after 5:42 a. M, ana
those who have provided themselves with
of what astronomers term the first con-
tact That is. the exact moment the
moon first touches the edge of the sun.
Tho moon will look like black notch on
tho western edge Of the suns disk and
will soon become plainly visible to all as
it passes with slow but steady move
mont between the sun and the earth The
surrounding landscape will gradually lose
fade imperceptibly into weird. uncarth-
~ lght. III might he compared WIN
that rare glow which one sometimes sees
when the sun comes out siishtiy oo-
scured after heavy Thunderstorm.
SLOWLY TINS siNerN lisht VIII ladc INTO
more sombrc hue when the suns DISK
is more than half covered, ana the AR
will become chilly as at "ventide. by
10 eit q
shadows cast by foliage Will begin to
look peculiar. Usually the sunlight shin-
ing through every small space among the
leaves forms iittie circle on inc ear'h'
but now 1t Will form, n crescent-an image
OF the partly covered sun. AS these cres-
cents become more and more married, II
Is possible by watching then' tn tell the
r,.ro ,,,,,o,o rr,c,,.d +, n.no,. throu,h
which the sunlight filters produces ex-
act'N 'he same erect OH! III MINIATURE
ne explanation IL sh'Pl! tha' iSht pro-
ceediils from any OBJECT ana passing
throuEh It small opening produces an I'M
age OF the same shape as ltself. mus
II beam OF sunlight pass through mole
in window-hlind its image Is seen on
the floor or wall of the room as round
PhtNii VI HSH'' 'ic Htit Sh'l'' a. 'i''
sun.
Some ten minutes before totality the
darkness begins to he manifest, and the
remaining light. coming as it does from
the edge of the sun, is much altered in
quality. producing nm effect very much
like that of calcium rather than sun
shine. The temperature falls few de-
grees and sometimes dew appears. VI
/ Ii.
way of denscst shadow. the total eclipse
would not follow with all its unfolding
glorios. However. just as the sun has
dwindlcd to Il narrow crescent. the moon
begins slowly to glide away again. the
golden hucs of day returning and by nine
| seconds after 1895 a. m. It finally leaves
| the disk Of the sun.
y11Ipt TIN, rcrJpsn WIFI. M
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TO the observers stationed on the coast
of Labrador the eclipse will be total dur
ing two minutes and n half; in Spain to-
tally will last three and threc-quarter
minutes. and at Assouan only a few sec
onda over two minutes. Yet during this
brief interval the unfolding glories OF
the corona will bc revealed. and the for
tunate observer will realize that he has
had glimpse of the most impressive
| sight the heavens can afford the eye OF
man.
For the events in the missing chapter
of our story We must first go to Domingo
harbor Labrador. where the eclipse be-
gins uccal mean time) at about eight
minutes after in the morning. The OBJ
servations in Labrador will be practically
the same as in New York until the final
moments. Just before totality. Then the
elusive shadow-bands make their appear.
ance strange wavering lines OF light
which can be- seen ripping over any white
surface. They have been compared
with the faint and ndistinct out.
| lines of the waves of calm
sunlit sea reflected on the walls
of stateroom on steamer in motion
Their rapidity of motion is like that OF
a fast-fowing tide and it has been sug-
cested that the wind may have some.
| thing to do with their direction. The
bands or waves are a few inches wide
and from a foot to three feet apart. and
on the whole seem to he parallel to the
edge of the shadow.
At the moment OF totality the shadow
bands vanish and the densest part OF
the shadow of the moon creeps over tn,
earth with startling velocity. 1t is like
a mighty wave of purplish hue advancine
at the rate of 1000 miles an hour encircl
ing the observers in gloom
In the latitude of Labrador. where III,
velocity of the carths rotation is less
the relative speed OF the velocity of tn,
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