Salt Lake Herald | 1907-11-15 | Page 1 | Transit of Mercury

TRANSIT OF MERCURY S Journey of the Planet Across the Face of fhe he Sun New York Nov 14 Astronomers throughout the country trained their telescopes on the planet Mercury today to observe its journey across the face of the sun The transit of t the planet occupied three and a half hours journey was not observable with the naked eye but could be seen with the aid of an ordinary field glass The last transit of ot Mercury was In No November November November vember 1894 Washington Nov 14 The transit of Mercury across the face of ot the sun was successfully observed today at the United States naval observatory Four observers watched the transit and a number of ot photographs were taken The transit was already In progress when the sun rose at and was con concluded concluded eluded two hours later