Show U S to watch eclipse in sumatra naval observatory to send expedition in 1926 SEL by ISA ISABEL 61 LEWIS of rf ud U d state b istel val ab amirr washington W aB hington it Is gratifying to american astronomer and othera in te in 11 th the progress mb of science to know that the 0 united es erm naval a ob irv aty atory wu will I 1 carry on an in th the be ilan of oc tot total at eclipses of 0 th the a imn BUH by sending ending an expedition to sumatra to observe the total eclipse of january 14 24 jud 1 farough albrough the unique opportunities th that at it pos possesses bossens sens as a government ta a motion under the control ot of the navy department it Is possible Imo for the unit ed ad locales N naval I 1 observatory to ad vance a the I 1 of astronomical c id met bd ence in an some name nay are that are am not in the tee reach each ot of private institutions this we was evidenced cl in the tending sending forth of at special U time signal for far the rho conven leoc lease of eclipse ob observers serem a on the occa 1 sion ol at the last eclipse old and JA in the observation of the eclipse from the navy dirigible I 1 los angeles angelea by a group of scientist les trusts from the observatory un an der the lead of caal indol T pol pat lock lack superintendent of the naval ob b erv story atory an augury for success the interest chown chow by the present in promoting eclipse sam observations ervall ame speaks well tor for the sur suc cess of the eclipse expedition that will b ba e art abent f forth th from our national ob arvar atory ry before the year 1 la over the sixth since grace the year 1 it 1 Is am also in keeping with the traditional of the navy mary many astronomers astron omera ot at today recall the 0 enthusiastic interest in the cause of astronomical research evl evi deuced danced by hear bear admiral colby M Cb chester ster lupei intend of the novel naval abarm Z y in 1805 1905 who nho headed an expedition sent out by this abse tory lory I 1 to africa III and spot 1 to observe the be oct P a of august JO 15 1105 when a special pedal line squadron of three vessels was vas da detailed by the navy nary department tor for t the he observation of the eclipse old and a special specia appropriation of abt was am granted led I 1 bj congress it an haar interesting report of the results it of the observation mervat mu of this that wit eclipse pesi by the way and of I 1 tha h elep eclipse of june 8 1918 a as well wall me aa notes of abla illa tors on the eclipse of september 10 HIM 1823 are contained in the publications of the U 8 naval Ob observatory second aenes volume X part pan 11 appendix which has just recently come from the press preas there or are a some remarkably fine plates at I 1 in in this volume a photographs of corona and bromine and drawings ina caolo from negatives negative in addition I 1 to the act acl entitle discussion a of the observations of the these eclipses the frontispiece 1 Is a reproduction in col color a ot the painting Z of lit the corona coma of the eel J 0 of J june 8 par df 1918 by the artist howard H n russell a all butter butler who w ho w as aa a member ot of the iaal aal observatory eclipse expedition to baker ore there Is also I 1 a reproduction ducal n in color of 0 a painting by the incel leolor same orl artist of the he 0 approach cpr h of in the a moons moon shod shadow w and of details in the z of th alie arfi earlier described aa a earlier volume ot of the publics tlona of the 13 S naval observatory published in 15 dealt with results of the observations observation of the eclips eclipses of way may 28 1100 and may 17 not 1901 the former in n north carolina old and georgia and the latter la in sumatra both lol 1 times mines are am valuable contributions to the published records of eclipse observation they will bo be followed by an other volume denims dealing with the man results to of the of the 1 eclipse I lip of J january J 24 1925 1020 and bamm jamm january y ik 14 the eclipse of next jan january y will 1 I be a fine file one of four minutes duration in the indian absom old and over three minutes duration in sumatra whom where it will a ta in the afternoon this lah eclipse III also be later in the afternoon old and with shorter hotler duration in borneo ami the island of mindanao in the philippines it will occur cut on an the met east african coast near the egr equator artor dortly shortly after sunrise if present plans are carried out at there them will be at least one other eclipse expedition sent bent out from the united bra tea to observe has this eclipse lieme the sproul observatory from swarthmore college chis institution whose whom department of astronomy la in un on ler der the direction of 0 dr job john A hiuer MW a him bis bre been particularly active I 1 in oba im lag recent eclipses limilla french and it get german observatories also are am now planning to send expeditions elpe in |