Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-02
ECLIPSE Of SUN
COMES TOMORROW;
WAKE UP EARLY
Just as Old Sol Begins to
Peep Over Sandals the Moon
Will Begin 10 Butt in and
Get in His Way,

Go out in the back yard today and
look around for piece Of glass that
ycu can hold over i lamp and cover
with coating OF scot. Then tomor-
row morning set the alarm clock a
little bit earlier than usual and noti-
~ your wife that il you don't get
UP when the alarm goes off she Is
to Kick you in the Stats and make you
get up. For there II going t. be an
eclipse cf the sun--something that
happens only once in great long
while = and II YOU don't want to miss
II you'd better net up early.
Just as old SOL begins to peep over
man In the moon win horn In and
give him TO understand that he isn't
such much. The argument will not
last very long. and the man in the
moon will not Interfere seriously with
the work that old Sol has to do dur
ing the day, but Just the same II VIII
be worth getting up To see.
Professor Ellington Explains.
AT the request Of the Journal Prof.
W. A. Ellington, who occupies tho
chair OF mathematics at the unlver-
sity Of New Mexico. prepared the
following statement IN regard to the
eclipse that Is to take place tenor
row;
The eclipse Of the sun which &C.
curs Thursday morning Is the only
one of three cclirsea of the sun which
occur during 1916 which is visible in
the United states. This eclipse will
begin about the time that the sun
shows ever he Sandals, and by $50
the eclipse e!il be at it, maximum.
when less thar half OF the sun viii
be hidden by the moon. The Pie
nomenon can he comfortably observ-
ed by the use Of smoked glass.
The path Of total eclipse begins
in the Pacific ocean in longitude 1874
degrees 81 minutes, latitude de-
erCes "a minutes and swings slightly
soGlhward in d beautiful curve before
II turns and passes through the nor
them portions u Colombia ana Nene-
zuela in o noftheasterly direction into
the Caribbean sea over Guadalupe
island OF the West Indies, and thence
over the Atlantic ocean. just missing
the Azores. to point due south Of
Ireland, longitude 8 degrees, So min
ucs Latitude ~ degrees. "a mines.
The path az total eclipse ls about 81
600 miles long and from SO O. roo
miles wide. The i'm of toni eclipse
Is about Two ana one-half minutes
with reference 10 the phenomenon
OF total eclipse the Scientific Ameri-
can, for January J. has thc following
The strange colors which sky, land
and sea take on a few minutes before
totally, in the light from the edge Of
the sun: the rapid advance Of the
like vast thunderstorm on
the western horizon, hut moving in
fintely faster, the sudden darken-
ing of the whole landscape, as en- It
train entering a tunnel; the appear
lnce Of the planets and brighter stars,
and of the mysterious corona sur
the dark moon; then the
return of sunlight and Of normal con-
form n memorable eX-
oerience, worth long journey toI
undergo
Anyone DESTROYS of investigating
his phenomenon further will find a
good discussion of II in the Scientific
American for January |, 1915 Also
maps of the path and limits of visi-
oility. together with the technical da-
a pertaining to this eclipse may be
'ound in the American Ephemeris
md Nautical Almanac for 1916, PIP.
,6i-2, and accessible to the public
II the University OF New Mexico IL
lrary."