Mixed weather conditions greeted Inow England's total eclipse of the sun to-day, with extremely clear skies giving excellent. oppoxtumity for observation at some points Dut with clouds preventing or interfer ing with observation elsewhere. "latorate. apparatus had been installed by 25" scientific expeditions lat. Doty, Vermont, and Conway, New Hampshire, and by a perverse flick of the fates these points were areas where heavy clouds virtalaily Turned the intended work of observation.
'The eclipse began at 2.04 pan, [Eastern Standard 'Time, sweeping path of totality beginning fAvetic regions, down Bay and the St. Lawrene [Macicinonge, some 50 miles east of 'Montreal, across. -the international boundary' and across sections, of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine land part of Massachusett New York City was not in the path, and Boston was barely" out= side' the totality area. Approximately 2,000,000. people were able fo withes the total eclipse, the last to be seen in America till 197 4 'Amateny astronomers were note successful than the professionals, in faking observations Roda Zor they twere scattered all over the totality path and while' some. faved badly, thers obtained views, or which the professionals hidden under clouds would have given years of their ves,
140 seconds, after which the moonotalty sted only "minute and shadow moved swiftly to the south-least, the Baily's beads reappeared, a narrow sunlight crescent develop: led, and the crescent enlarged moon moved away to vanish wholly fat 4.35 p.m—United Pri
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