Judge — January 17, 1925 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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It will be necessary for New | Yorkers living in the south part of | town to go north of 110th street to see the eclipse, but it is safe to say that this is the only total eclipse these folks will have a chan for a dime, tieth Century has | id will a total of nine eclipses, but me the remaining eclipses this century will be thousands of miles a and it will cost a pretty penny to travel to them, Prof. W. W. Campbell, of the Lick Observatory, is probably the world’s | greatest eclipse fan. He has traveled all over the earth Lo see ten cents. The Twen- | see them, and vet has seen only a total of less that half an hour of the corona and other phenomena of totality. He is whit Teall a good sport. He knows what he likes and gets it, even if it comes high. One noted astronomer, wno been on a numbert of eclipse obser- vations says that he has been so busy with telescopes and other instru- ments that he has never seen a total eclipse. F: . Py | I gather from the handbook that persons attending the eclipse should wear their heaviest flannels, for there will be a distinct increase in the chill of the air for about two minutes. Flasks will probably be a part of the equipment of many a merry eclipse party. . . * Eclipses used to scare people. They were regarded as expressions of the wrath of gods, says the hand- book. ‘The Lydians and Medes once quit a war because of a partial eclipse which came in the midst of battle. Even now, in parts of India and China, the natives shoot arrows and beat drums to scare away the dragon they think is causing the eclipse. Columbus saved his life and the life of his companions in 1504 by pre- dicting an eclipse when the natives | of Jamaica were threatening to cut off his food supply. Scientists can now tell us to within a few minutes and miles when and where eclipses will occur within the next hundred years—as accurately as they can prophesy the coming of Santa Claus. 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