| Show total eclipse of the sun in july an eclipse of 0 the sun which ia is to occur on the of july next promises to be an important event in the scientific world the obscuration tion will be total to the people of the pacific coast the time of the eclipse being early in the morning morning will deprive the spectacle of much of its grandeur and interest according to the tribune almanac before us the sun will rise eclipsed on the morning of the of july darkness will commence me tince in california and terminate on the shores of the red sea the obscuration will be total in no other northern state except oregon but it will be complete in the southern part of the Un union ionin lonin in a considerable portion of spain and in northern africa associated with the eclipse will be an event which will not occur again to the inhabitants of earth in millions of years if ezer ever at the moment of obscuration the planets venus mercury jupiter and saturn will ap appear r in the vicinity of the eclipsed sun as a g kind lind ind of rhomboidal figure i the position and appearance of these heavenly bodies is thus described by G VV IV llyl IL y attached to the cincinnati observatory and writing to the gazette of that city 1 the eclipse will be total in spain algeria and at the mouth of the columbia river in the united states at the time of totality venus will be seen about five degrees south of the sun jupiter eight degrees east of him and mercury and saturn at distances of twenty six and hirty thirty degrees eash east these four planets will form a rhomboid the angles at venus V en and saturn baing nearly e eual lual for th benefit of those who itie itle are interested in the sub eject we give the following data with which they can readily construct the figure r distances from flom venus to mercury 25 degrees mercury to saturn five degrees saturn to jupiter 22 degrees jupiter to venus 10 degrees A angles angies gies at venus 33 degrees at mercury degrees r at saturn 33 degrees and at jupiter degrees where the eclipse is total these planets will present a splendid edid appearance being so near together that the they y can be taken in at a glance 1 and the geometrical fi figure fiure I 1 ure seen as khouth though i it were in reality marked out in the heavens ea the same writer adds respecting 0 the phenomenon we have a tradition in chinese history that during the reign of all the planets were in conjunction and ill ili bailley in his de V In dienne has told us that jupiter saturn mars and mercury were seen in in con conjunction tto teo n action a short time after sunset on the 28 of february 2449 before christ this was a very remarkable phenomenon and one of so much interest to the ancients that the chinese made it the basis of their calculations tibe tile the approaching phenomenon is one of no less interest though it may be of no practical utility indeed there should be a greater interest attached to it from the fact that it will never again be repeated we say never because it is extremely probable that some millions of years will elapse before these bodies will again occupy the same relative positions sacramento union |
