Show n H The Eclipse An event that astronomers have been looking forward fOr to for several several several sev sev- eral years will happen the last day of August This is a total eclipse of the sun visible on the afternoon of I Wednesday August 31 at about eastern standard time along alonga a path a hundred miles wide crossing crossing cros cros- sing Quebec Quebec- Vermont N. N Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire Hamp Hamp- shire Main and Massachusetts r This is the first total eclipse visible in the eastern par part of the country since 1925 It will be the thelast thelast last in this part of the country until July 20 1963 when vohen o one e willbe will willbe willbe be seen in Canada and the eastern eastern eastern east east- ern part of the United States The eclipse will travel across the earth at the rate of miles an hour This eclipse will not be total in inthis inthis inthis this section as the moon will cover cover cov cover cov- cov er only about one third of the disc of the sun here In observing the eclipse care should be taken to protect the eyes Use an old dense photographic photographic photographic photo photo- graphic negative or a well smoked ed glass Look up your physical geography geography geography phy and find out why an eclipse of the sun covers only a small part of the earth while the eclipse of the moon cover a large por por- tion B D |