Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1900 — ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.

»M<SkMh of To-HamsVußtion-dovWW ObaervBesulta ■ N» wets -tiSA-iz tUif mom-Ing-ivttfrviWe-Sto iWHWns of the ialiabii&BiK mf4he;N'o£thi American, Eubeing tofclWh of t . he AlabamA Georgia, -rtoftlr-OTTO UaAilhiiifiTftt Virginia. •Hfe AflUre d-tftWton Hours and began ifAlkP nearly and ond * e 4 ow nines sotitmof Oiiiro, TJgypt, near the shiri 1 ! 1 bf ’ ticn *'■' and ’ the speed ibffUeikMbidhsiiadcftt west tfrjftagt, wil#r2JiOO miles an hour. The total eclipse was observed over a moving New Orleans to' Norfolk, t>esideythe Mobile,

tlseir; Hainea nn the map-. ,/ It will not be until 1948 that the people of th» United nity of observing another total eclipse. ■ew»-wae~uwi>naoeadi hut ths adsannnii photograph and electrical"!appliances thmH The United States Government and BSBEiSB-f ions of dollars were expended in this way. Astronomical parties were estabNv3<J. r jhtfpeMiUfW xnents sent out parties, whUe the leading universities and colleges e£ the country had astronomers on the ground-. The Mettles* governnhnrts had observations made iff the National University in the' City I ’Of 1 European astronomers! ■SfeW; peninsula and the 'Bbraeftimwt* of Africa as the pISCM for tSkftg Th< British (MvSrnnfcnt exbMition/ Ob-' fifrW ffiriaWbf flit Notthair of tbs Royal ObsWvtfforv, was sthtfbiied at Alictffe; t&e Dublin 1 UMthruHy pifty, ’ wWh WFfhw fWcnfckr Etaxenia; the Portuguese Government ■■anted special faciiitiee-tOffaneign taaX U)t at bon bring ptarwt wt tlieh disposal. Interest in EgMwfef tfewnaC ■JE” of the domWy Wil xuitiuioiiet.’to ebeerre tbetpausfug of thuhadspe tM gecor^a v , ? f JggjroMeta. tfttf belh&of a«T 3rSf»mer«tiat thredrona is a phgrfwt of. L tbg>un a»4 haa nothin#.t<k(do widk-thf. cmji or piQoq gg formerly suspected. ~ the Rccuratc observation of thld featrft* of tbe ecHpse' wriry roggMan<«e 6t tbe fristTrHnenV mhkettT art, i epmbinad) wtlh. the astronomer s knowl--edgej.waa directed in the hope of reachwaßoas taken by the astronomers were' NMAfiOed to three separate lines of work old method of ,leJesKxmic jobnexvaviewingoFXheecK wfßrTffe ujiakrtl eye and the photographing of th* lag the cbtatflWina' 'pirfWR 3 ’Prof.'' Bar- ■ nerd, of Yehkoe<4lwßfraWry stated that> the totality period was slightly shorter •Ulan calculated, which proved the moon SX. 1 ? the profrifta- ddftpletriy ohMbd <Wt. Many photographs Were takMi by all the parties i«t' in tagsaU. ifnd especially .of the corona. Tu|fscppe» were used ip trying ■.ejt.7! iu Jta HMUV „>e German Adpiaftlty liaft to riew to Wending the BWrtnd’^’Bab: Ain TtwtJ »iil In u* 'ipm _a.firl. 3MMi iwuraJr im»u 'n Really satire froußße-WhniYMIMeWW '‘vast packing InteuaWOu l Cbl«,<,*lWl W WiS Strike may result.

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