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SHADOW BANDS AND
THEIR GADSES.
nr william r. aikkn, m. i>.
At the invitation of Prof. Otis Ashmore
tif writer undertook the almost
task of obtaining pho
tfrraphs of the so-called shadow-bands
and tring the recent total eclipse of the sun.
'lfe work was undertaken under the skill
oj supervision of Prof Ashmore at the
leiited States Naval Observatory station
ai Bartlesville, stt|’orintend(d by Prof.
N, P'pdegraff. a gtntletnan whose scien
tijc zeal is matched by a charming court
*7
*'hile awaiting ihe quite problematical
of the development of the photo-
places, the writer has arrived at
obtain conclusions relative to the prob
alple nature of the shadow-bands, based
ocular observations made while pho
tographing them, which conclusion* were,
in a crude way, laid before the fiavan
ntdi Curaera Club May SO last, but which
art herewith published for the first time.
to the unavoidable haste in which
this article is prepared, it assumes to be
nothing moV pretentious than a prelim
inary report. It is to be hoped, however,
that it may contain certain pregnant
truths that will in good part elucidate
the seeming mystery hitherto shrouding
a curious phenomenon attending the
manifold wonders of a total eclipse of the
sun.
The bauds in question were very appar
ent both Immediately before and after
the total phase of the eclipse. They were
caught upon a white canvas screen at
tached to <he frame serving as a wind*
break about the structure supporting the
objective, or eastern, end of the great
forty-foot photo-heliograph. The base
line of the screen ran exactly north and
south; if faced <o the east and slightly
upward, inasmuch as the frame inclined
toward the west at the ton at an agle of
about 15 degrees At its base, extending
over the ground toward the east, was
attached a wide s-tretch of sheeting, re
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Fl*. I.
veinbling in its arrangement a photo
grapher's “floor-ground.” This nearly,
horizontal extension was designed to show
the motion of the hands at a considerable
angle, as compared with the upright
screen. Both parts of the screen display
ed prominent marks, indicating dimen
sions in oil directions to facilitate meas
uring both ocular and photographic re
sults.
The shadow-bands appeared as distinct
ly contrasting but elusivelv outlined and
vaguely spindle-shaped markings arrayed
in seemingly straight ranks, which ranks
moved rapidly in a direction at right an
gles to their iengih, marching across the
upright screen from above and from the
left of the observer, standing with his
back to the eclipsed sun. In other words,
they moved diagonally downward and
northward. The long axis of each spin
dle-shaped or ripple-shaped marking
pointed roughly toward the North
star. Each “ripple” appeared to
be from one to perhaps three
feet long and from one to three
or possibly four inches across. In color
they resembled lighter rd darker Shades
of smoke, showing absolutely no trace if
color, only the varying tint* cf a mono
chrome gray. They chased eiph other
across the screen-like wind-ripples flowing
over a large flag. Their vagueneaa of out
line together with the neutral color r.nl
r%pid flowing motion, to say nothing of
the mental tension of the observer, mide
any more accurate estimation of their ex
act size quite out of the question. Owing
to the necessarily rapid handling of he
camera no opportunity occurred for the
■wTiter to note the appearances on the hori
zontal street.
Providentially the behavior of the bands
on horizontal surface was noted by a
most competent witness and scientifically
trained observer in the person of Cupt.
t'axsiue K. Gillette, U. S. A., Engineer
Corps, who detailed his observations to
the writer within seventeen hours after
the eclipse. While walking due east along
road directly below' the hill wheieon
was located the observation station, .he
noticed the shadow-bands. Turning about
*o as to face the west, Capt. Gillette saw
the bands apparently coming down the
road from west to east, but moving In a
line at an angle of about 45 degrees with
Hair length! This appearance was evident
ly caused by the invisibility of the lines
on either side of (lie road where the grass
bushes, etc., furnished no such screen as
did the light colored dusty highway; hence
the bands tho' actually moving diagonally
ivusswise from eoumweit to northeast,
produced the illusive effect of sliding
down the narrow stretch of road with an
oblique front.
Now. inasmuch as the sun’s rays did
not fall perpendicularly upon either the
upright, r nearly upright screen,nor upon
the ground, but rather Into the angle be
tween surfactß so placed, we see ot once
that the apparent motion downward and
northward on the eastern aspect of the
screen and the apparent motion from
s->uthw\Bt to northeast on the ground are
both the outcome of a true progression of
the bands in a direction identical with
tin moon’s motion across the* sun; or more
accurately put. as will be made clear
lat*r on, In the line of a perpendicular
diawn to a tangent on that arc of the
umbra passing over our particular sta*
ti u
it is well known that hitherto the sha
dow-bands have baffled solution; more
than that, they have at times been
ascribe ( to optical illusion and even had
thtir existence doubted. The latter verdict
is satisfactorily set aside by the many
and positively stated reports of their aiy
penrance at numerous stations during the
e lips* of May 28 Concerning the part
played by optical illusion the writer will !
have a word to say later on.
Pondering the curious phenomena I had
witnessed, I began to form some idea of '
their probable cause while Journeying !
home to Savannah the night on May 28. j
Thg irregularities upon the moon’s appar- '
•nt circumference aroused the question 1
whether or not the last attenuated cres- 1
cent of the sun's visible surface might j
not be subject to a series of irregularly I
occurring, unequal, and sudden shorten- j
Ingf such as might produce, instead of
a uniformly gradual darkening, a series |
of sharply distinguished shades, it was
a crude, unsclenttfl* theory, but to the
suggestions that it contained I owe what
ultimately Jed to a dearer understand
ing of ihe phenomena under considera
tion. I became aware of the need of a
•careful analysis of the component light
and shadow elements that go to form that
enormous cone of graduated darkness we
know as the penumbra. Again, I resiled
that only mental confusion could remit
ho long as the element of time remained
In the problem. If bands of light and
shade rushed over the earth’s surface Im
mediately in advance of and succeeding
the black circle of the umbra, why not,
like Joshua of old. do our work with a
*un standing still—the moon also in this
case—and thus secure nn opportunity to
study these stripes so closely draw n about
the big black center. In oiher word*, let
us imagine the progress of an eclipse qf
the sun halted on some great plain while
we go about at our leisure examining the
! edge of the umbra for any suspicious
streaks.
Figure 1 represents such a plain con
ceived as perpendicular to the sun’s rays,
the un being in the zenith, for the very
apparent advantage of having both umbra
and penumbra bounded by circles instead
of the ellipses, that result when these
ehndow* fall obliquely on the earth’s sur
face. In the figure the relative size of
the central circle, representing the umbra
in proportion to the outer circle or limit of
the penumbra, is very greatly exagger
ated for the sake or convenience. It will
be noted that <he central umbra is left
blank, while the broad ring of penumora
is occupied by .i series of circles, each of
1 which extend* outward to the edge of the
penumbra, an*) at the center of the fig
ure sweep* about and encloses the umbr i,
which it ju*i touches with its inner or
concave side. Not quite a quarter of the
distance between the respective bounda
ries of umbra and r*m*imbru is a circular
dotted line, on which lie the several cen
ters from which the many overlapping
circles w’lthin the jienumlirn were drawn.
This (lotted circle represents the apparent
site of the sun high a love *he moon in
the zenith, and the overlapping circles are j
shadows of the moon, each cast by that
foint of light on the circumference of the
sun. which, in our diagram, serves as its
center. In other words: Whereas, every
point of light on the sun’s surface casts
a separate shadow or projection of th*
moon on the space within the outer limit
of the penumbra, of ail these projections,
we are now studying only those projected
from points on the circumference j
of the sun. and of the infinite
number of these, only the few we i
have represented in the figure. What is
sufficient to dwell uion here is the fact
that all thece circular outlines are pro
jections of the moon thrown from an equal
Fig. if.
number of points on the sun’s periphery;
that they cross each other very obliquely
as they swing around close to the umbra;*
and also, that by virtue of their all includ
ing this central space, they thereby mak**
it the one spot of total shadow, thus cre
ating the umbra. Tho remainder of the
figure is likewise cbvered with portions of
these shadow circles, but as we shall in
a moment see. it also receives more or less
light from the sun. producing a mitigation
of the darkness amounting to an ever
increasing illumination as we approach
the outer limit of the penumbra. Never
theless, we must bear in mind that until
that limit is reached these overlapping
moon shadows are present.
Turning now' from what may consid
ered a a awkward way of stating trite
farm about the nature of the moon's shad
ow. but Is nevertheless needful for a later
complete understanding of our subject, let
u? take up the more interesting and com
plicated study of the other factor entering
into the production of the penumbra, viz.
the form of light that mingles with tho
shadows.
In Fig. 2 we note again tho outer and
inner circles bounding, respectively, pen
numbra and umbra, but the intervening
space is occupied by somewhat smaller
circles than in Fig. 1, circles that ore just
tangent to the bounding outlines of
penumbra and umbra and not embracing
the umbra as before. They are, in
other words, circles whose diameters
V ' /
Kiir. in. ,
are exactly as long as the dis
tance across the penumbra from its peri
phery to the periphery of the umbra. Re
membering that the margin of ihe penum
bra represents the place where the “lirst
contact/’ or beginning, of eclipse takes
place, and the border of the umbra shows
where the “second coniact," or begin
ning. of totality occurs, we see that the
intervening distance between these two
boundaries must be the exact parallax
of the sun's diameter as projected over
any point on the moon's apparent circum
ference. Hence, the ten equal circles in
scribed In the penumbra in Figure 2 rep
resent accurately ten dliTerent projections
of the sun’s disc through as many points
on the periphery of the moon. Further
more. the centers from which these cir
cles are described will themselvs fall in
the dotted circle representing the clrcum
ferenec of the moon.
Now, these ten circles are assuredly
not shadows, for their size is proportional
to that of the luminous sun and not the '
shadow-casting moon. Neither can they
be patches of bright supehtne, for they
extend in quke to the margin of tie um
bra. where we know it is very dark, in
deed. No; they are for the present to
be considered s Ideal figures that serve
only to Indicate Ihe position of ideal pro
jections of the sun’s outline through as
many points of the moon’s circumference
as are represented by the several cen
ters of the said circles.
Suppose now* we could affix to thq edge
of the moon at some point a photographic
lens whose focal length would reach to
ihd earih’s surface. Such a lens
would cast upon the ground an
image of the sun's disc, and thui
image would correspond exactly In point
of size and of |>osiiion within the penum
bra with such circle* as we have repre
sented in Fig. 2. The image cast by the
i lena we have itnagltud would be very fee
ble union* we made the lens monstrously
i large—per hat >• several miles in diamter.
Even In that event the picture would be
j far too faint to be Been in anything like
i the brightness of full daylight. Hip quit*
close In by the umbra, where the darkness ,
Is almost that of totality itself, we might
expect tq see the innermost edge of the
I picluie of the sun showing feebly as a
! crescent'c bard of light* r hue than the
surrey d’rjr and presenting its
convex. 1/ to. toe border of the umhral clr-
I cle of darkness.
‘ But W such a lens merely a figment of
THE MOUNJNG NEWS. SUNDAY. JUNE 10, 1900.
1 the knagination, or may we find some
way in which this identical effect can be
naturally produced? that is the question.
If any one carts to tHke the trouble to
cut a deep, narrow, V-shaped notch in
the miM -of the long nid of an old pos
-1 tal-card he will have constructed such a
lens as nature has set up for us on the
jnoon. Make the notch fa-inch wide at The
f* ge of the card, wi h cl-an-cut straight
sides meeting at a sharp angle 4i-!tich to
<*n inch back from tfc* edge. In a room
entirely dark save for a single bright gas
light of good size, hold the pouial-caru
wi h the no;ched edge uppermost about
IS inches in front of the fiat of the flame
so as to let the light fail across the
rotchtd edge and through the notch onto
eno:her card held about 18 inches away
from the firsi csid, when an
inverted image of the flaring irregular too
of the flame will stream downward aero s
the shadow' cast by the notched catd. The
narrow pointed extremiiy of the V' ac*
j as does a pinhole, throwing an invent and
image of n luminous object ujon ony
! screen held opposite. In the probable ab
sence'of anything like our terrestrial at
mosphere upon the moon, we may expect
to obtain precisely such results ir>m ihe
gaps yawning between the steep and rug
ged lunar jaks. Here, then, is cur lens;
r.ow about the picture* it turns tti*.
Turning back to Fig. 2, we tecall tin
fact, that any projection of the su-n’B imag?
must assume the form and position cf a
circle similar to the ten we found gr:up and
in the pcnumbral space and extending in
just to the circumference cf the umlira.
Here we may expect to find cur far-off
monster lens of froxen adamant at work
making sun-picturcs. As before stated,
so feeble are these mysterious tract: gs
that only those crescent-like inn r e’g<M
Jerking closest to the protecting shadow
yf the umbra can succeed in catching cur
fit tent ion; nevertheless we know that Hit
eniire penumbra is tilled with these sun
images, for they are betrayed by the
ghostly ripples produced by their *rner
edges (hat sweep over our screen in cotwt
less numbers in those, swift solemn sec
onds that are a 'fitting prelude and flna e
to the weird splendor of the solar coiona.
Little more requires saying: Fig. A
shows at B a*number of the inner convex
margins of these sun-pictures purp s\y
elongated out of all proportion to what
is really visible in order to make
plain the increasing obliquity of
their crossings the nearer the unpb.a
is approached. To this obliquity, and like
wise to the slight irregularity in the brill
iancy and contour of tho images due to
the depth and shape of the generating
mountain gaps and their distance apart
on the lunar surface, is attributable the
rlpple-like appearance of the shadow
band*. In the same figure above at A are
illustrated a series of interlacing arcs cor
responding to the circles of lunar contour
shown iri Fig. 1, and which may very
possibly, also, enter into the complex
formation of the bands. We have only to
imagine a slight inequality In their shape
Hun Nloon
( Eat n th j
Fig. IV.
and distribution, suth as might readily be
conceived as originating in irregularities
in the spherical contour of the sun—for
instance, the effedt of solar prominences,
su. lt as were seen by many observers at
the recent eclipse, and so accurately por
trayed by Prof. Ashmore on his beautiful,
and in my humble estimation, uniquely
perfect drawing of the corona—and such
inequality, by disturbing that perfect even
ness of blending of the infinite number of
overlapping circles needful to produce, a
uniform gradation of shading from with
out inwards, would result in a noticeable
striation adding itself to the complex of
sun images constituting the shadow
bands.
Fig. 4 is an attempted perspective rep
resentation of the way the, sun images are
projected through a lunar mountain gap.
Here again the crescent-shaped reversed
image of the sun's equator is wrongly de
picted, being tremendously elongated and
100 concave. The true shape should
boa thin and short segment
included between a sharply out
lined arc- tangent at its middle
point to the umbral circumference, or
nearly so. and a vaguely shown or entire
ly evanescent chord losing Itself in the
shadows. The preceding statements that
these segments are all tangent to the mar
gin of tlie* umbra are broadly true rather
than perfectly accurate. In reality the
exact location of each crescentic outline;
will he nearer or farther from the umbra
in proportion to the relative depression or
altitude of the bottom of each lunar
chasm below, or above the mean level of
the moon's surface. Were the crescentic
sun-imoges. all uniformly tangent to the
umbra we would get blended circle of
brighter hue Immediately about the um
bra. showing only such slight irregulari
ties of shade as the unequal distances be
tween the lunar notches would produce.
Asa matter of fact some of these cres
cents must fall at n considerable distance
from the umbra. I had ocular proof of
this in the fact, that twice at considerable
intervals of time before the first hands
appeared, that were unmistakably notice
able. 1 seemed to observe faint wavelets
which crossed the screen in the precise
direction taken by the subsequent ones, a
direction I had no means of supposing
would be the actual one. To be sure these
may have been the elongated ends of
crescents tangent to the umbra at ix>ints.
(visaing ot; either side of our station, but
the considerable altitude of the lunar
mountains warrants the belief that some
crescents may fall quite wide of the um
l>Ti.
Furthermore, it is possible that even the j
unseen circles in every, part of the penum- I
bra may produce some effect on the pen- I
umbrnl light, accounting for its notably !
peculiar quality.
A moment's consideration of the ar
jangprunt cf the sun-images around the I
mrbral circle will disclose the fact that
the apparent arrangement of the shadow- |
patterns and their s etnlti? 1 tie of motion
will be determined by the locs*lon of the
obs-rver et her in the path of the center
of totality, or at s >me piint more or lean
near to the path of the extreme lateral
limit of tho umbra. The varying reports
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36-inoh Linen Lawns, 35c.
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33-inch Linen Cambric, 75c.
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of many observer, arc thus fully ac
counted for.
It Is unfortunate that the camera offers
so mtle hope of verifying the facts elu
cidated ab.ve A single good plate with
tracings cf sufflei nt density without fog,
and taken with a sufficiently short ex
posure to avoid “dragging." would be of
the utmost \alite In determining by actual
measurement the truth cf the foregoing
theory. It t, possible, however, by calcu
la'lng the dimensions and ltn-s of motion
of such images as 1 have described, to
tquip observers at different points with
exact data computed for each one's pre
c so locat on at the n xt eclipse observed,
which data will readily admit of confirm
ation or dltproval by ocular evidence.
It Is to be hoped that this will be done.
Instead of attempting to photograph the
band, with a cnmVru. I would suggest
that they oott readily be tfnide to record
themselves upon a long sensitized lllm me
chanically caused to pass at a uniform rale
of speed behind a narrow slot In a light
tight roll-holder. Such n contrivamte
cou’.d he set up with the slot In the long
axis of the hands ns compu’o.l for each
observation station, two positions being
necessary for stations not on the central
line of the eclipse to correspond With the
different position of Ihe tangents on the
untbral circles at the points corresponding
to second and third contacts.
It is possible, by a simple proportion be
tween the moon's diameter and the ex
treme estimated hlght of the lunar |>eaks.
to Httd the greatest possible width of the
belt of displacement of the solar images
bordering the umbra. Then by applying
to this Aujiyutcd width of the band area.
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j the ktfown rate of motion of the shadow
| over ihe earth's surface tvo may know
the length of time the bands will be seen
before and after totality. A roufrh cal
culation of the recent eclipse would show
this limit cf time to have been about
nine s cends. Of course, the mure
oblique crossings occur throughout the
entire penumbra, could We but dlslln
grtsh them.
One point remains to touch upon. Are
the resulting shsdow patterns (a more
suitable term than hands for the ripple
appearance) made up of alternations of
lighter and darker markings, or does the
rapidly increasing darkness towards the
umbra so affect ti e pattern that each suc
ccsftve shade as w<- approach the center
Is absolutely a trifle darker, In which
case the appearance of Increasing light
ening of certain of the tipples Inside of
darker markings Could bj due to physlolo.
gloat contrast, each shade seeming to grow
lighter ns tt approached to Juxiapcsltlon
with a yet darker milking. Only photo
graphy could settle this point to my satis
faction.
In concluding let tne express my Indebt
edness to Professor t'pdrgraff for the In
ti rest lie took. In my quite Insignificant
part of the observations when so nrtanv
mo e Important and de fate matfia els m
ed tits utmost mention, every detail of
which he evidently saw carried out with
the utmost perfection: to f’apt. Gillette for
Ihe vciy valuable contribution made use
of In the beginning of this paper: to Mas
ter Conrad Alkcfi w h<se unprejudiced ob
servations corroberated my own, and
whose service* a, "orderly” lightened mv
work: and lastly because most notable, to
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t(o. k |f TO THE Non Tli TnITWEStT i|~NO.*i ~
_ I / (Centra 1 Time.) ~~ i
l- 20am|iLv Savannah Aril 5 10am
.__ H (Eoatern Time.)
I “• m ; V V Columbia Lv" 1 25am
! 2?“ , Hot Spring. LvHU sam
jz“ ft Knoxville Lv!j I 26am
J A* •••aoo*tM*aM..aet,.... M Lexington Lv|jlo 30pm
, " r Cincinnati Lv j oopm
Lul.Mile Lv 7 4Spm
IAr st. t oul Lv|| * o*m
All trains arrive and depart from the Plant System Station.
THROUGH CAP. SERVICE, ETC.
TRAINS 33 AND 34 DAILY. NEW VORIv AND FLORIDA EXPRESS Vesti
xiied limited trains, with 'Pullman Drawing Rem Sleeping Far* between Savannah
and New York. Connects at Washington with Colonial Express for Boston. Pull
man Sieepir.K t>rs between Charlotte and Richmond and Charlotte and Norfolk.
Dining cars serve all meals between Savannah ami Washington
TRAi.vS 35 and 30 DAILY, THE UNITED STATES FAST MAIL vestibuled
limited trains, carrying Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car? between Savannah
*™ New York. Dining cars serve oil meals between Savannah and Washington.
Aiao Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars between Savannah and Cincinnati
through Asheville and "The Land of the Sky.”
For complete information as to rates, schedules, etc., apply to
G. GROOVER, Ticket Agent, Plant System Station.
i FREEMAN, C. P. and T. A., 141 Bull street, Telephones, Bell 850, Geer
pia 800.
RANDALL CLIFTON, District Passenger A sent, No. 141 Bull street.
Professor Ashmore to whose persuas'on I
owe Ihe fact that I snw the eclipse at ail;
who procured my assignment to the ob
servation of these shadow phenomena; an t
to whose enthusiasm- and advice I ow
that sense of encouragement without
which this paper had not been attempted.
Savannah, Ga., June 9, 1900.
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FOR THE FRESH AIR HOME.
Contrlhntiona nnd Annual Subscrip
tions to the Charity.
The ladies In charge of the Fresh Air
Home at Tybee acknowledge the follow
ing contributions during the last week:
Mrs. H. ('. Cunningham $lO in
Mrs. T. M. Cunningham, Jr l ro
Mrs. T. J, Charlton 1 2'|
Mrs. Kline 3g)
Mr. McMillan 5 0:)
Cash so)
Mrs 1,. Kay ion 510
Elizabeth Drummond 110
Mr. George Wylly 5 co
Sunbeam Circle a r.
Mr. Ned Washburn 1 in
Mrs. Washburn 1 co
Mr. George Tenn'.lle 5 00
The Gorrle Ice Company.
The Knickerbocker Ice Company.
Mr. A. W. Morehouse, baking powder.
Mr. John Screven, one bag of rice.
The King's Daughter's, "Speak No
Evil Circle" (Brunswick), quantity of
grist.
Miss Dolly Kennedy,-sugar.
Mr. Thorpe, a machine.
Messrs. Rhodes & Walker, two iron
beds.
Messrs. Lindsay & Morgan, one bed,
four hammocks.
The annual subscribers to the home
during the week were: Mrs. John Ham
mond, Mrs. Eldrldge Slmklns, Mrs. Clar
ence King and Mr. Simeon Theus. ,
The home will begin til second week
of outing* for the season to-morrow. Last
week was the opening week, and sixteen
children were taken down to the Island on
the opening day.
Wl-.ert you need mrdlvlnc you should get
the beat that money can buy, and ex
petlence proves this to be HftivVa Barsa
pat ilia—ad
THE GURNEY
REFRIGERATOI
Is Hie One We Sell.
’Tis the best, and we know It. Totl'll
know it, too, if you tvill let us sell you
011 c.
LESS ICE. MORE COLD, is the GUR
NEY'S claim.
FREEZER TIME IS HERE— :o are the
OHIO nnd WHITE MOUNTAIN
KREEZERS —best made. We sell ’em
How about your China? Is It *W and
wear-broken? We can sell you good
China cheap.
Glassware, too. Whiting’s Solid Silver,
All here for less money than els? where.
Try us and you'll be pleaded.
Q. VV. ALLEN & CO.,
STATE AND BARNARD.
OPIUM
Morphine and Cocaine habits cured pain
lessly in 10 to 20 days. Tho only guaran
teed painless cure. No cure no pay.
Address. £>U. J. H. HEFLIN.
Locust Grove, Ga.
M Morphine and Whiskey
its treated without pair or
confinement. Cure gu*ra>
teed or no pay. B. H. V P.AU
Mun’gr Lltbu .Spring, San
itarium. Box 3. Austrll, Gw