The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-20
sun ECLIPSE
ON AUGUST q
PARTIALLY VISIBLE NORTH
! WEST PAREoF UNITED
STATES
TOTALLY DARK 1918
Sons Interesting Data On Event
Compiled BY WoEld's Great
Astronomers Ftsisf i'ss
DARK 1918


Washington, slay f94A.Fae eclipse
of the sun on August is, next, total in
part of Europe and Asia and partial
in northwestern AmeFisa, is now at.
tracing the widespread attention of
astronomers and scientists, various ex-
peditions being arranged to witness
the phenomena. insyiea of the public
interest in the event, Prof q. G.. All
bott, head OF the astronomical branch
OF the Smithscnian IilEtitutioh, and q
recognized authority ON solar phenom-
ena, gives the following popular. ae-
Count " the eclipse, aud the scientif-
ic results sought from such events.
! On August 2 T.. 1911 the moon will
1 pass exactly tc.&een the earth ana
the sun, and there VIII .be total. solar
! eclipse. Altts@ilt not be, observed in
America EXCEPT nti a. Gnalf partial
eclipse al sunrise II sSc !.ortlern
states and in Ianada, but in Persia,
Russia and Scandinayia the FUN ef-
/ feet will be seen yp
Is Great Orbits appear.
| Although the moon sooHs about flle
same size as the sun II is yery ;nuc!l
4 smaller very much nearer, Tie sun Is
S65,O00 miles in diameter and Jj,Uc9,-
GOO miles away, while the moon is p
163 miles in diameters and 23a,GQa
| miles away. Op account of the moons
small siva. nnmnaHaa t,,iti. +h-l ..i,r
the shadow cast by the moon is q cone.
aud the point Of the cone inst barsiy
reaches the earth.
In the August eclipse the diameter.
| OF the cone at the earth's surface is
only about So miles, 80 that the eclipse
| is visible as total ohlyein q belt about
g. ;S.s;.s 81 - it5
countries named ahoyss The import
ant cities of Bitiis, Tretgzond. Kicf and
Riga lie pear the ce3ter of the belt.
IL passes about sii.ldrel miles north
lof Stockholm and Trondheim. The
eclipse viii be seen as partIal oyerssa
! very wide area; including northN,es
tern America Green lSnI. Europe, half
OF Asia and half Of Africa, within
this region only a. llart Of the sun .s
disk Will be hid den tlFthe nlepiss
AVhereSeR the "a lar clipse = seem
as total the skY lleenFpc " ;aS
| dark as; t'iiiL n con- igb 8 q
the brighter plan mn Be- & see5ls
! The duretion of tho tota lst v 10 lossgeat
near Kief ins ItlIllsia aS Rilnre SC is 2
minutes. 8 seconds Some TIMES the
moon and the sin 1ecupy suclis pos
sitions that although the moon passes
directly between the Garth and the
I s.,4. NJ. the shadeR cone does mot aitfsa
reach tho earth. Such solar eelfpsas
arc called 'annli and are nowhere
tf't1i ecffpSss. uite tiu5t 4 b e;
o total eclipse may last over Z min
uses at q station, htit such occasions
lare very rare.
Rclipsessof this geafssts.
4 The sery long total eelinses or this
century are as follows:
19l9--A May %. G. 9 9!minutes, Peru, Bra
I'll, Central America.
| 193T-hJnne s. II minutes, Pacific oc-
can. Peru
1856 june 20, - n,artss. South
America, a frica. 81.
l99i--Jnly II, z 4 minutes; Pacific
Ocean, Hawaii, Central AInarsca. ~ ST
There VIII be totale elipse vi sibiss
IN. the IJnited States On 5i:Es 8, 1eis, 49,
Sept. 10, 1928 and Jan. "a 1895,
As the glare ef th = sgfl In the, sky
10 removed, and yet thesip0ea HARDLY
more than covers the sun, Il rs Dosr
sible at slnies Ge tstAl spinr etl q ,t,
lssee all the celestial cbsact near the
lsun Those cannot be sean a. ether
times becapse they are id sas a the,
| Bright sltylight. Il is this isfeii 81 I, ~
nfgses astron oIrers so ss OBJ
serve total cell - = ~
ing thing aeen rs the solar cos 8! q
beautiful pearly light tcglisig
away from the sun /, ais otfa.
seen ii the northern cplinsries.
The corona extends from one To
thfaa solar q i8taet tefs q way fFssisf M,
autl 1t forms cIl ang from yeaf tf3
Year in conn ctsDn with the nslYliber
OF sun spots which preSeli { the
| Present year sFii Il be, nna sif aois,,a fsl
tisol few sun sEotsl tho tprois ia ex-
pected 70 have short but IS Sii ma rkef
.polag rays md long en natorfoi
fstfeafasfs IN 1915 d fstb4 al ISf,s 4 ri
10 visible IN the Gnifed s EaFas and "a
thA aiin ennts will fhsii IL 3 iiisfarnssk :
the corona will probabis s. s:Sfi sea. ly
equally IN ail glireetions :
s, 4
EsTaasll IS q rs 4 : 4 ~. s. .ls
ponsnieae eeaeht VIII Beil sun "a B,
aud senfif fffle TIlrsIs,5l 2 IT q =, l
- Due West " t9. aleihe1ces
ment seS sc Isfsl.i col 6es ss7EIl
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the hI0Elaiiie College Ssill be "a
by Dt, David Z. 5IsurikeI 81 eew 36sil
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