Excerpt from The Sidereal Messenger, or Monthly Review of Astronomy, 1888, Vol. 7 At kleistshohe, about an hour from Frankfurt on the Oder, were stationed Dr. Lachmann from the observatory of Breslau, Mr. Pechule from Copenhagen, Prof. Tietjen from Berlin, and Dr. Neugebauer from Breslau. As the eclipse was hidden by the clouds, their observations weret limited to noting that at the time of totality the northern horizon, to an altitude of about half a degree assumed a deep red tint, and the darkness became so intense that lanterns were required in order to see to read. At Kolmar, in Posen, Dr. Korber from the Breslau Observ atory, and Prof. Reimann from Hirschberg, were stationed. Although the sky was covered by clouds, an attempt was made to record the times of third and fourth contact bv noting the sudden changes in the light at the beginning and end of totality; and from these changes Dr. Korber con cluded that the middle of the eclipse occurred within a second or two of 5h 19m 22s A. M., Breslau mean time. During totality there remained a red streak in the northern horizon, but the gloom was so deep that it was impossible to read the face of a watch without artificial light. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.