Show THE ITHE SOLAR SOLAS ECLIPSE on wednesday may 17 there will vill be a total eclipse of the bun sun this rather uncommon phenomenon will be visible in the tho greater part of europe asia and africa but not in america the central line of the total eclipse ia is over asia and central r africa and the best beat points of observation will bo be in the neighborhood of teheran the persian capital and on the nile about a hundred nilles miles north of thebes the ancient dapitan capital of egypt the royal society of england has taften toften measures to secure observations and an expedition under dr schuster ster ater and prof lockyer has been dispatched to the nile with cund und photographic apparatus and other instruments for the purpose of obtain obtaining obtained ID g all the tho information pos poa possible sible to science relence in its present stat state cf progress ro gress one 0 of the peculiar features of the solar bolar eclipse of this year is the occurrence of sun spots at the I 1 ierisi erio erlo of observation As the sky shy is jiken to bo be clear at this season in the r glon of the ilie jile station it is guite quite likely that some very Im important ob serva tiona tlona ons will be made the time of the total eclipse will be about seventy two seconds it is to bo be hoped that astronomy will gain some now new data in relation to the constitution of the eolar orb the nature of its disturbances now nov noticeably notice ablo upon the surface and the effects producible upon the atmosphere of our own planet if thy thoy BO so succeed the salar solar eclips of 1882 will not be without its bene i I 1 fits but will have the result of c evolving light out of darkness |