The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-29

THO FOutSthuuAhS doeh vAVAnaS event of the present. year is the total eclipse of the sun which will take place on. the afternoon of Wednesday, August 31st.. It will be visible in its full spiendors along only a;comparatively narrow, track running from Hudson Bay through Canada and covering the north eastern part of Vermont. all but the southwestern corner of New Hampshire; and the western part of Maine. If you will take g road map of the New England states and the part of Canada lying ad- jacent to them, you can easily out line the track. of ,totality as fol- lows: Draw a line through Con- way, N. H. and Guildhall. Vt: the former lines close to the Maine border. the latter Is on the, state line, not very far from the Cana dian border This line prolonged northwest will run slightly to the east of Sorel, Que. and prolonged to the southeast, enters the Allan tic ocean between Alfred and Sa- co: Me. This shows the approxi- mate position of the central line of totality and 1t is close to this line that the eclipse can be best observed because 1t lasts longest. The boundaries of the path of to- tality can be shown by, lines drawn parallel tohthe above. The western boundary passes through Concord, N. H., Montpelier, Vt, and just to the west of Montreal; 1t also strikes the Cape Cod peninsula just east of Cape Ann. The eastern boundary runs through a point on the Que- 6bec.MailieA border just east of their Junction with New Hampshire. and through a point about hallway between the towns of Canton and Augusta, Me.
 The total phase will begin at slightly different instants at the various points within the path Of totality,g but 3:30 ?. m. eastern standard time, is g close enough figure for our purposes. Of course, for those who use daylight sav- ing time, the watch will indicate 4:S0. At the center of the path. the total eclipse will last about hun dred seconds and this diminishes fairly rapidly with the observers distance from the central line.
 Outside of the path of tOtality 4n the eastern half of the United States and Canada the eclipse will be seen only in its patial phase and the magnitude Of the eclipsed part of the sun is less, the farther one Is from the path Of totality. We ur1- hesitatingly recommend to every one who Is able do so to make the trip to the close vicinity of the center of the path of totality. for the phenomenon is, beyond all doubt, the most wonderful spec tacIe In the realm of astronomy and one which will not be repeated
 in this quarter of the globe Tor
 many, many years: 2
 Watching the rhenomen0n
 The beauty of the total eclipse Of the sun 10 due to the..fnct that inc main body of the sun is enrs rounded 4 by two distinct layers ot lun1lnoun fsases; the inner one ls called the chromoaphefe, becnuse of lfa rich rose-red color and rom ft great thames" or promiucnees ahoot out fhouaands of miles Into space; etiisi6e of tho chFon1os' phere ia ths great irre3ular nhIo. called the corona. which snines with a pale, pearl.eoIored IIgnt. inent's revenues from the easoIine FIeHcHIf fese from 9e.5Qg.91g 70 51 .915. .a36 ~Hich is partly nos counted for hY tbe Inefraas in the pF|et ef gasoline recently pat iztp
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