Show CELESTIAL PHENOMENA FOR FOB 1888 astronomers have announced five eclipses for 1888 the llast was an eclipse of the moon which occurred on the alt the second of the five eclipses occurred on Fe february Druary alth the sun being partially eclipsed th the e phenomenon was invisible in this country but apparent to dwellers in the southern hemisphere emi sphere the following its from the scientific american te rican atta attaches ehas to thise cli clipse be except that thai it forms one oae of the ive five eclipses of the present yew year these five eclipses are the return of the idae eclipses of 1870 A cycle of eclipses has been completed since that time the ancient astronomers knew that after the lapse of a certain period the sun and moon returned to nearly the same position in regard to each other and learned to compute eclid eclipses bait from data thus obtained the period was called the saros and takes on the average 18 y 11 d 7 or 8 a tot for its completion when a new cycle of dif eclipses occurs under nearly the same conditions the time place of visibility and the magnitude odthe ot the eclipse vary but the general law is invariable vie toe eclipses of 1870 are repeated in IM 1888 I 1 the total eclipse of the moon of january 28 was the same eclipse that occurred january 17 1870 the interval being 18 y 11 d 8 h 33 in 11 II the partial eclipse of the SUH bull february 11 repeats the eclipse af 61 january 81 1870 the interval being 18 y 11 d 8 h 12 m III the partial eclipse of the sun of july band 9 repeats the eclipse of june 28 1870 the interval being 18 y 11 d 6 h 44 in IV the total eclipse of the moon of july 22 and 23 repeats the eclipse of june 28 1870 the interval being 18 y lida h iam V tap partial eclipse of the sun aun of 0 august 7 7 repeats the eclipse of july baly 28 the interval being 18 y 11 d 7 h bam 4 in |