The Washington times., 1925-01-24

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strongest at about 26 degrees
north of the equator and may
be felt on either the Atlantic or
Pacific coasts.
the weather at Buffalo was cloudy.
at Ithaca and Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
clear.
Information as to weather condi-
tons was secured through Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany wire connections between
Buffalo, New Haven, Poughkeepsie,
Ithaca, East Hampton, Long
Island and New York City. There
were through connections one-half
hour before the eclipse started.
Rehearsed Their Parts.
1--WE had a rehearsal last night
In which all the astronomers at
these places took part" said Pro-
lessor Brown. I'VE had radio news
of the weather last night and this
morning and we had q special
forecast from the weather bureau
yesterday afternoon and this fore
cast was right
A squad OF police guarded the
grounds of Yale observatory dur
ng the eclipse and were aided by
q troop Of boy scouts. Arrange
ments were handled splendidly in
this way.
"Our only trouble with crowds"
remarked Professor Brown, was
with the reporters"
his audience.
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Einstein camera with its history
making possibilities. The assist
ants mounted to their scaffolds.
ready to uncover the giant lenses.
"One minute to CO." shouted
George Clothier. time keeper. Draw
YOUR slides"
Counts The Seconds.
The score OF figures tensed in
the imitation twilight. Thirty
seconds to go! Uncover roared
Clothier over the wind.
Ten seconds to go! .'No chance
ing close to his thermometer he be-
gan counting, lone, two, three, four,
five. six, seven, eight, nine"
The foment of the eclipse had ar.
rived. Up in the slate-blue five.
cent piece tiddley-winked over a
white hot dime.
Flash yelled each camera cap
tain. The time keeper tolled off the
precious 100 seconds. Telescopes
were swinging. Camera plates were
replenished. Science tried To lock
q million years within two minutes.
Thirteen-year-old Max Miller was
shivering beside his camera. Per-
haps The was cold.
Meanwhile, the mechanism Of
business in New Haven had haltea.
Many banks and offices declared a
fun holiday. Not q trolley nor
automobile moved during the eclipse.
The engineer OF a fast limited stop.
ped his locomotive in the darkness.
One citizen peered at the spec.
tacle from his windows wearing -
pair of radio receivers. Even the
hawkers of smoked glasses forgot to
hawk
AS the shropded sun began to re.
appear, Patrolmah Bernie Riley, di.
recting traffic at State and Crown
streets, drew a deep breath. He
blew his whistle and the thin
stream Of vehicles took on life. The
sun also continued on it's way
The famous shadow bands began
to play over the sides Of buildings
few minutes before total eclipse.
AT $40 the ominous great shadow
OF the moon appeared from the west
and the horizon dropped away, the
great shadow rushed toward New
Haven at the terrific speed of a mile
second. The millions of watching
humanity forgot to breathe.
Professor Ernest u. Brown, in
charge of observations at Yale Uni
versity shouted stations" to the
gathered scientists. Professor J. A.
Miller of Swarthmore College re-
peated the order to his corps.
While a freezing wind moaned
through the dozen instruments set
up on a snow clad field, the scien-
lists took their allotted places Two
women and thirteen-year-old boy
were in the squad. Mrs. r. w.
Marriott manned q spectrograph.
Miss Mary France fostered a TO-
inch camera. and Max Miller. thir-
teen. son Of Professor Miller, guided
17-inch camera.
Professor Brown made last
| tender adjustment of his new de-
vice for photographing the suns
corona. The novel feature Of the
instrument was a pendulum swing
ing in front Of the camera lens,
allowing for fractional picturlza-
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