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...obliged to "watch the eclipse through the windows of the examination rooms." Did it not occur to the faculty that some of those who have examinations at this time might quite reasonably prefer to witness a total eclipse rather than the more common and less interesting phenomenon of a partial eclipse? Personally, I feel fortunate to be free, but I sympathize with those interested in the eclipse...
...place in Sumatra, in Scandinavia, in Malacca, in Patagonia. But in this case, the observatories of Toronto, Cornell, Vassar, Yale and Wesleyan Universities will be in the path of the total eclipse while several others, such as the Yerkes and the Harvard observatories, will be in the region of partial but not of complete eclipse...
...which is not known. As the eclipse becomes almost complete, it may also be possible to see "Baily's beads." These are little spots of light coming through the valleys of the moon like strings of bright beads. This is as much as an observer in the region of partial eclipse can hope...
...total eclipse. It will begin at four minutes past 8 o'clock on the morning of January 24, and will be at its height at 15 minutes past 9 o'clock. One thing of great interest is to observe the peculiar images cast by the sun during the partial period. A ray of light through a knot hole, for instance, will cast a crescent shaped image on the floor instead of the ordinary round...
...success of the attempt was partial but not complete. Some people heard and some did not. Some people thought they heard, and did not. Reception was usually fragmentary, although now and then quite clear. On some nights the success was much greater than on others. Frequently amateurs on both sides of the water heard more of the programs and more stations than did radio experts...