Finally, there is a third (ype of research which has been conducted for some years during solar eclipses, which is "concerned above all with the influence of the sun's atmosphere, It is certain the great influence, for example, in the diffusion of the TST, (wireless) waves, The reception of short waves, as all who have listened to European broadcasts know, be-pends on whether they are received in summer or winter, at night of in the day time, This phenomenon also affects the long waves, and is noticed every day at Zikawei Observatory in lis study of atmospherics, or static Static always diminishes suddenly with sunset, This doneies solar influence and the eclipse, and above all the total eclipse, will show same phenomenon; the onization of the higher layers of the atmosphere will vary during the course of the eclipse and in orders to study the phenomenon of "fading" It will be necessary to know the height of the layers, the diffusion of the Intensity and number the atmospheric parasites, These are some of the many studies which will be the order of the day. heat received from the sun by' the earth will vary'during the course of the eclipse, "When the eclipse is, total in a given spot, only the "solar radiation" diffused by the whole of the sky will be received, to the exclusion of what is called "direct radiation," coming direct from the sun, The ight spectrum thus diffused can therefore be studied and will furnish precise Information as to the composition of the atmosphere and the mechanism of the diffusion, Phenomena of Totallty Zone rely, not all there studios can be made at points where the eclipse will be total. Elsewhere, partial results can be obtained, but these are infinitely less interesting and cannot compare with the observation of phenomena along: the path of the totality zone, Also, it is an_untor~ tunate fact that everything depends fon the clouds. Innumerable expeditions have been formed which have found that at the crucial moment a cloud has drifted in front of the sun.
Aeroplanes or dirigibles might. be used, but unfortunately they lose much of their value due to their 1a of stability, At least, however, would be possible to be sure of mi ing a film of the variations in the aspect of the corona and the prom-Inences.
Good wishes to the many savants who are to try during these few brief seconds to reap a large harvest of results which will aid us to a better knowledge of the solar phenomena and, paradoxically, the composition of our' terrestrial world—Note, Other details appeared In "China Skies" fon June 3.
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Invirarions to a banquet in Tokyo fon July 2 have been sent by Dr. Joh Sakurai, president of the. Imperial Academy, to more than forly astronomers, both Japanese and foreign, who took part in the observation of Frlday's solar eclipse in Hokkaido.
The Japanese Consul-General Calcutta has been authorized to open, preliminary negotiations with the Indian authorities for the adjustment. of trade relations between Japan and India on or after March. 31, when the protocol Present trade agreement expires.
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