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History records these memorable events as follows:
The dark day of New England, so familiar to old and young, came May 19.
1780 .... Near eleven o'clock, it began to grow dark, as if night were coming.
Men ceased their work; the lowing cattle came to the barns, the bleating
sheep huddled by the fences, the wild birds screamed and flew to their
nests, the fowls went to their roosts .... At night it was so inky dark that a
person could not see his hand when held up, nor even a white sheet of
paper. - "History of Weare, New Hampshire, 1735-1888." (Boston Public
Library).
During the whole time, a sickly melancholy gloom overcast the face of
nature:- Nor was the darkness of the night less uncommon and terrifying
than that of the day; notwithstanding there was almost a full moon, no object
was discernible, but the help of some artificial light, which, when seen from
the neighboring houses and other places at a distance, appeared thro' a kind
of Egyptian darkness, which seemed impervious to the rays.- "The
Independent Chronicle" (Boston). June 8, 1780. P4.
Herschel the great astronomer frankly admits:
The Dark Day, May 19, 1780, is one of those wonderful phenomena of nature
which will always be read with interest but which philosophy is at a loss to
explain.
The dark day of New England, so familiar to old and young, came May 19.
1780 .... Near eleven o'clock, it began to grow dark, as if night were coming.
Men ceased their work; the lowing cattle came to the barns, the bleating
sheep huddled by the fences, the wild birds screamed and flew to their
nests, the fowls went to their roosts .... At night it was so inky dark that a
person could not see his hand when held up, nor even a white sheet of
paper. - "History of Weare, New Hampshire, 1735-1888." (Boston Public
Library).
During the whole time, a sickly melancholy gloom overcast the face of
nature:- Nor was the darkness of the night less uncommon and terrifying
than that of the day; notwithstanding there was almost a full moon, no object
was discernible, but the help of some artificial light, which, when seen from
the neighboring houses and other places at a distance, appeared thro' a kind
of Egyptian darkness, which seemed impervious to the rays.- "The
Independent Chronicle" (Boston). June 8, 1780. P4.
Herschel the great astronomer frankly admits:
The Dark Day, May 19, 1780, is one of those wonderful phenomena of nature
which will always be read with interest but which philosophy is at a loss to
explain.