Milford chronicle., 1925-01-30
The Eclipse A
Wonderful Sight
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The total eclipse of the sun as
cen from Westerly, r. L, on Jan
Iary "a was a wonderful sight. For
Joyous two minutes Nature gave
man a view long to be treasured. In
group of several hundred people
not a sound was heard when old Sol
displayed his garments Of light. One
may well believe that, of old. battles
at their fierest have stopped with
warriors awed by the compelling
glory of complete blotting out of
our sun by our moon. All eyes had
but one object in view. Telescopes,
field glass, or smoked bits of glass
did not help the vision obtainable
with the naked eyes, of the beauti-
full corona. Having seen the suns
glorious crown, few or none waited
to gaze at the partial eclipse show
ing as the moon moved Off the face
of the sun.
Even the weather conspired with
nature to make January "a a perfect
day. The wind was still and the tenn
perature of about ten degrees made
the air inYigOrating. Until half an
hour before the period of totality it
was feared that the clouds would
hide some Of the anticipated grand
eur. However, as the sun rose the
clouds withdrew to the horizon. All
rejoiced to see a perfectly clear sky
making easy full observation of the
great lunarsolar treat.
Just before the last edge of the
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faint haze was noticed. This gave |
way to the darkness of a moonlight /
night as all of the sun was obscured. /
The fast, crOss-cOuntry, rushing |
moon-shadow ushering in the dark |
est period was but very vaguely OBJ I
served. The shadow bands fiickering |
on the snow were plainly visible |
both just before and after the total [
eclipse. These seemed to be an inch
or so wide and patterned like an ir-
woven net. They pointed
toward the sun, were in constant
motion while seeming to ripple from
the west to the east.
Beyond the power of words to
convey adequately an idea Of its
one places the corona
or crown. AS we saw it, the corona
to be a ring around the
sun. 1t comes into sight only when
the sun is cut off. in an eclipse. Bril-
.iantly white though not dazzingly
bright as the sun is, the corona, in
It's dense part, approXimated one
sixth the diameter of the black ball |
It hung around. Off from this thick
or crown hoated thick punches of &
,og-like illuminated something. A S
'ew seconds previous to the end of
he visibility of the corona, down 7
oW at the right of the underside of y
he sun, two streaks Of light flashed i
,ut through the heavy part of the
)and. The suns crown was some
hing to rejoice in and marvel at. 9
such a stupendous sight defies SEN
ible criticism or estimation by ig- y
.orant men. The significance of the :
hing we saw or failed to see must 7
e explained by the scientists. :
Everybody was pleased very
nuch to have seen the eclipse. The =
harp cold made plenty Of heavy
wraps the democratic apparel of the
ay. A common purpose to view and l
onsider with intelligence two N
minute nature glory animated all. O.
-oung and old coming miles to see
be only total eclipse Of a century in '
lew England, had a serious purpose a
D learn ont CT natures own book. u
lvidences of wealth were few. 1t a
eemed that these sun gazers were P
njoyers of rich intellectual inter- et
SITS not because of superior means, n
ut on account of their ability to oi
manage well. II
The New Haven Railroad is to be b.
for its share in making d.
Ossible this great gathering. With OF
ut delay, comfortably, and at re- al
lced rates it transported from Bos-
N to Westerly six thousand eclipse to
in a couple of hours. To hC
her points it took other crowds. M
ew of these people could have seen
le eclipse if it had not been for the of
bod work on the part of the New dJ
aven organization.
CHARLES W. KESPERT, pa
IN. 25, 1925. Roxbury, Mass. ha