The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-27

Tho third party N Africa. are provldeg
with camera containing q lens Of 8
mont Il m u,une'er enc ~ hse5 rGonT ann
diameter and Of IA feet focus, for 1lx14
plates, and g 1o-foot spectograph pointed (,
directly 4, a. the sun; This party VII also
rev INSTRUMENT termed the Cronaspectro-8
trum. with Indicated time in seconds |
during the time of totality #
The coelestnt5ln this instrument is oxs
which tho observatory has had and use]l y
before. The eoelstats for the other Two
saMsras rs PSy T ps
Of Chariot tesville, Va, and a graduate
or the University of Virginia. now at I
tashfa q cd hs sbs sa ana m nheg
less expensive than amy similar instrli.e
ments ever carried on an eclipse expedi-
Is parSSsd CHS ss sssss
seryatorv, are ..as follows: First purity
yowei Dr. & M iS Second patty
MIR q. f. Peters Commander Hayden
sSHFKs s1Fa JeWe esp
tain Norris In charge. IS 3$8s !. s.4
The instruments have been. ! largely
them We're designed by Mr.. Dlnwlddie.
stats, the three portable houses which
POLAR eds xo e and tn9 Rs
graph; beside the 10-foot cOncave grating
spectogruph. E ,.3.|
With TIL. lhoroughness With which this
will be, and naturally superior pictures
are looked for, Besides the oxpedi tions
prominent astronomical observatory i1{,
the world Ghas sent out parties, and many; \
private expeditions are also bound fo o.
The special service squadron under Rear
Admiral Chester, Superintendent Of the
MAYA Sa da ~ np Of the Mh
ed its Rendezvous at Cllbralter BY tho mid-.
dls Of July. The, Caesar. acting as COL
Her and transport left washington June n
18th with all apparatus necessary for the !,
from tho unletd States Naval Observatory.
Tho Dixie left League Island Philadel-
Admiral Chester was ready. to issue the
station bill for the United States Eclipse.
as TIC central line Of totalIty. The Caesar
has become the station ship at Valencia:
Spain, tho Dixie sat Bona, Africa
return to Valencia five, days before the .
to assist the permanent force. Three Ia
on snn W ana Ds n 4f ~ he spanish
being in the interior, the other on the II
coast. IL VIII De SO SlIuttleu uS ~ W
tIcularly suitable for ,spectroscopic works,
The African station, landed at Bona, VIII I
proceed inland and will be near the west
ern part OF the province Of Tunls. n%o elpo
position to tho general notion, the e ed lse.
band offers opportunities dor
trial line. The shadow of the moon ap-5
pears 50 much larger than the sun that i.
about the moment Of extreme a , con- w
there arc peculiar chances lor. spectro'.
scoplo work, for the study Of the sun 9
atmosphere and the detection Of inter- !. a
Bic companions will be attempted ut tnls
station Capt. j. Al Norris, u. s: M
and Mr.. W. W.. DlnwIddie, the desi gner
OF tho Instruments will have charge 70 :
sSrhe only disappolntment for SC dentists
and other watchers ms egards the eclipse
lies In the Il possibility Of fog clouds Or
9e That aa ayp have Seen ad
Ivanced over Labrador 70 the n on-pro-g
~ who has his time for 4 ran ~
general observation. not p haFiE g u to give
his whole attention. as does the sceih,tist
spectacle of aStotal solar eclipse;lls With
out parallel. Tho gradual mysterious blot
ting out OF the sun, the gloom, the .W ih
ra apa e snes IL So
ers Of the corona. Ike some Soncsm tratG;a
aurora toreals,8 all make he spectacle
memora BILE, ~ J. q Z, !. Z,
months will have an opportuhlity, 70 ~,
serya a reproduction Of the phenomenn 9,
in pictures which will be mage PUBIC
as soon as they can properly pe 5res!o -
VAS Washington, August 10. 1905. &.
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