Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1910 — An Unusual Eclipse Of Sun Next Friday. [ARTICLE]

An Unusual Eclipse Of Sun Next Friday.

On Friday, June 17th, there will be an eclipse of the sun unlike any other eclipse within the knowledge of man. The eclipse will be of a very interesting character from the fact that for a few seconds it will be an annular eclipse, then changing to a total eclipse, then back to an annular for the second time. There is no record of any such occurrence in any history of astronomy, although there is record of annular eclipses for 400 years and of total eclipses for thousands of years. The eclipse as a partial phase of greater or. less magnitude will be visible frftm the north, decreasing in size as it passes through Canada and the United States. It will begin shortly after 7 o’clock in the morning and last all day.