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of things. of the cosmos that are
mysterious in many respects. despite
the progress of science.
Striking the earth at Red Lake.
Mimi, the moons shadow, about 100
miles wide. swept eastward in a curve
at the rate of 80 miles a minute to the
Atlantic Ocean, bIackening such
places as Toronto, Buffalo, Niagara
Falls with its frozen cataract, Roches-
ter. n Y: Scranton. Pa; Paterson.
y. j; half of New York City. New
Haven, Hartford and New London.
Conn; Newport, r. l.; New Bedford
and Nantucket, Mass. Across the
Atlantic 1t moved to disappear into
space at a point near the Shetland
Islands after striking the earth for
5000 miles
Time of Darkness.
Two minutes was the longest time
any one city was covered, yet to an
observer in the far heavens with
vision, strong enough, were such
thing possible, the drawing of the
black mark would last | hour and
43 minutes.
Either side of the path of blackness
was a twilight zone. some $500 miles
wide extending as far North as
Amazon River The untold millions
living in the area had a vision of the
phenomenon, depending upon their
proximity to the path Of darkness
There was about 95 per cent totality
in Philadelphia, Chica go, Boston.
Washington, Pittsburgh, Cleveland,
Detroit, Toledo, ottawa and Montreal,
but unless one was in the totality
area he was deprived of an oppor-
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of the eclipse, the halo, beads of light
and shadow bands at the moment of
observation Of the sun.
HeEira to Spectacle.
There was a great hegira to ma
lures free show. New Workers did as
they do for ball games--went north.
The southern limit of totality was
Central Park, but the Borough of
the Bronx was in the totality area.
There were extra guards at the Bronx
Zoo. Extra uptown subway service
was provided. Street lights north of
the park were ordered on despite the
protests of astronomers, who thought
the glare might interfere with anna
teur observations of the show. The
opening Of the Stool. Exchange was
postponed As minutes.
From cities near the totality zone
thousands entered the zone, with the
railroads running special trains.
Worcester, Mass, sent 500 persons
on one special to New London, Conn.
In New London, too, 500 Wellesley
College girls were guests al the Con-
necticut College for Women. Hotels
In Connecticut were crowded.
Many Planes Used.
Radio and aviation did much to i'm
prove the study of the eclipse of 1925.
Hundreds of scientists have travelled
far to study eclipses. only to be de-
prived of good telescope views by
clouds. Several dozen Army planes
from Mitchell Field. Long Island, rose
above todsys clouds. some with cam
eras some with radio equipment, to
send the details to thousands at home.
At sea, somewhere near the Island
of Nantucket and above any possible
observation, was the Navy's airship
Los Angeles, buoyed up by helium, a
gas discovered in the sun by study OF
an eclipse of the past. Scientist Is
were aboard looking for new discov-
cries today and the skyship named
for the angels was equipped to send
word via the heavens of how the phe-
nomenon appeared.
Never before were such prepara-
tions made by scientists. At Yale
University, in the center OF the moons