The Total Eclipse Of The Sun January 1 1889

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Excerpt from The Total Eclipse of the Sun, January 1, 1889: A Report of the Observations Made by the Washington University Eclipse Party, at Norman, California The two total solar eclipses which occurred in the year 1889, the first on Jan uary 1, and the second on December 21, were the last of a somewhat rapid suc cession of important total eclipses. There will not be another until April 16, 1893. It seemed, therefore, highly desirable that these should be utilized as far as pos sible to solve some of the problems relating to the solar corona. Which seem ready for Solution at the present time. The first of these eclipses was visible from the western part of the United States, and, as no appropriation had been made by Congress to enable government astronomers to observe the eclipse, it devolved upon private Observatories to make whatever Observations were possible. As the Observatory of Washington University was one of the nearest to the path of totality, it seemed proper that special effort should be made by this Observatory to observe this eclipse. The Observatory possesses no photographic equipment nor is its astronomical equipment suited for such work. The expedition was made possible, therefore, only by the kindness of government Officials and others in lending instruments, and by the liberality of friends of Washington University in subscribing money for the necessary expenses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.