Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1936, Page 13

. SECRETS OF SUN GAINED I ECLIPSE Observations Made Scientists as ‘Shadow Crosses Russia. 9y tne Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, June 19.—Instruments of scientists held secrets of the sun today after a brief eclipse which threw a shadow from the Mediterranean to the Bea of Japan. The results, when tabulated and co- ordinated, may add materially to man's knowledge in several important scien- tific flelds. Racing across the Soviet Union at 2,000 miles an hour, the phenomenon , obliterated the sun long enough at various points in the 50-mile-wide to- tality zone to allow many expeditions to make observations. Some took pictures, others made spectographic studies, radio tests oc- cupied still others, and members of several expeditions sought new evi- dence in support of the Einstein theory. The total eclipse became visible over Russian territory at Tuapfe at 6:58 a.m.. Moscow time (10:58 p.m., Eastern standard time, Thursday). The last of the lengthy shadow was observed at Khabarovsk at 9:07 a.m. (1:07 a.m,, Eastern standard time, to- day). Then it passed out over the Sea of Japan. The majority of the 40 expeditions in the field were favored with bright weather to allow successful observa- tions, but othets saw effort and ex- pense in vain as rain and clouds shut off visibility. ‘The party at Kustanai, sponsored by Georgetown University and the National Geographic Society, was prevented from carrying out its plans by inclement weather. Other expeditions at Ak-Bulak, sponsored by Harvard University- Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy and the Soviet government, made complete ground observations supple- mented by further research from above the clouds. Soviet airplanes equipped with spe- cial photographic machines soared upward and took a variety of pictures. A cold wind blew up at Ak-Bulak just before the eclipse. but visibility was only slightly marred by light clouds. Camels and Oxen Held. by Hundreds of peasants assembled | Teet Ache? about the camps of astronomers to! watch the operations, holding their | camels and oxen in tight rein to pre- | vent them from running wild from fright during the eclipse. Swarms of locusts descended on the | fields near Ak-Bulak when the eclipse was only partial and hampered the work of experts. ‘The British Royal Astronomical So- ciety expedition at Omsk worked with clear visibility and succeeded in tak- ing a large number of photographs. Its members reported grain and leaves lost their color during the shadow's duration. Three airplanes took Soviet scien- tists aloft at Belo Rechenskaya, on the shores of the Black Sea. An army flyer and an astronomer as- cended at Krasnoyarsk in a sub- stratosphere balloon equipped with a radio and special cameras to photo- graph the solar corona. They took six days’ rations with them because they may descend in barren country from which it would be difficult to make their way back to civilization. A partial eclipse could be seen in Moscow, where residents watched through smoked glasses from the housetops and streets. OBSERVERS HAMPERED, TOKIO, June 19 (P —First reports indicated today clouds at Kamishari had spoiled a British expedition’s ob- servations of the solar eclipse. Other stations, including one at Memanbetsu, reported good results. Josef J. Johnson, an American, made observations at Memanbetsu with scientists from the Tokio Astrono- mical Observatory. Rain at Tokio and over most of Hondo Island obscured the eclipse, which was 78 degrees at the capital. The clouds caused failure to come to the most costly and probably best- equipped of the expeditions on the island. The British party, most of whom traveled more than 10,000 miles to the scene, was defeated by constantly changing skies which obscured the sun during the fateful 1 minute and 13 seconds at Kamishari. ‘The only other observation point which was beclouded during the %to- tality was at Koshimizu, where a group of Japanese experts had gath- ered. TURKS IN CHECK. ISTANBUL, Turkey, June 19 (#).— Superstitious Turkey refrained for the first time today from shooting at darkening skies during the solar eclipse. . For years Turks believed during an to frighten the beast away. The belief has largely disappeared, phenomenon forecasts ill fortune. & heavy snowstorm fell at the Black Sea port of Erzurum. WEATHER FAVORABLE. ATHENS, June 19 (#).—Excellent weather favored a British expedition which observed the sun’s eclipse from Cape Sunion, on the Island of Chions. The party, headed by Dr. R. L. 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