The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-12
Correspondence Baltimore County UnsOn.
AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN COMING.
WOODLANDS, Md, june 9th, l9Os

WOODLANDS, Nd, June 9th, 1909.
An eclipse of the sun is an event which never
fails to arouse general interest. Such phe-
nomenon is always looked forward to by persons
in all walks of life AS an eclipse partially wish
BILE here, will occur in a few days, sketch of it
may prove of interest to the general reader.
On Thursday, June nth, about 10 or 20 minutes
before sunset, a small notch may be detected in
the setting sun. This will gradually increase in
size until lost to view by the sun sinking below
the western horizon. This is about all that can
he seen here. but from another point of view it
is an extremely interesting eclipse, being total
in some portions of the earth and the path of
totality exhibiting some unusual phases.
1t is very well known that an eclipse of the
sun is caused by the moon coming between the
sun and earth and thereby cutting off his light.
1t is probably not so well known that these
eclipses repeat themselves at regular intervals,
or return again after period of Is years and 10
days. This period was discovered by the Chal-
deans and by means of it eclipses were pre-
dicted, although such methods will not do for
the modern astronomer. 1t is probably still less
known that these eclipses come in. run their
course and pass of In about thousand years
not to return again for more than a hundred
centuries. The present eclipse is the first of
long series of total eclipses which will occur at
regular intervals of IS years. 10 or II days, until
it shall have passed off into space, not to return
again for more than ten thousand years.
This series began as a small partial eclipse
around the north pole and increased in magni-
tudc at each return until in 1891 the central line
touched the earth in high northern ATTITUDES
and passed over portions of Siberia and the
Arctic ocean. This time it was annular and of
&Irr 20
shadow cone will touch the earth in IL seconds
after the line of centres, consequently the
eclipse will then change from annular to total.
This will occur in northern Chinese Empire.
The shadow path will then pass north by east,
crossing Siberia, the Arctic ocean and quite near
the north pole thence southeast and ending in
southern Greenland.
About 45seconds before the central line leaves
the earth the shadow cone will pass of and the
eclipse will again change from total to annular.
Quite near the pole the eclipse will occur at
noon and the sun will be totally collapsed for 20
seconds, but on account of it being somewhat
difficult to make journey to those regions. it
will probably not be very generally observed;
at least no government SO far as have learned
has sent out an expedition to observe it.
With US only very small portion will be visi-
BILE, beginning few minutes after O'Clock, and
the sun will set partially eclipsed. The eclipse
will end entirely in southern Missouri at sunset.
This eclipse will return in l927-June goth.
This time the path of totality being further
south and will pass through England. Norway,
Sweden, Arctic ocean, Siberia. and ending in
Behring sea. The people of Northern England
will have an opportunity of seeing total eclipse,
but the time of totality will be very short. With
us it will be entirely invisible but on the return
in 1916 the path of totality will cross parts of the
United States and Canada. ]. B. II.
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HAS rem
dered its decision in favor of Mrs. Elizabeth
Peck, the Iowa temperance advocate, who sued
the Chicago Tribune for libel on account of its
having published picture of the plaintiff in
connection with an advertisement of certain
brand OF whisky. The picture was printed
over the name of another woman described as
a nurse, quoted as indorsing the whisky.
The publisher was held responsible, even
though the publication may have been by
mistake.