Center for Figuring Longt |
tude Since 1884.
Washington, — Greenwick observa.
tory, England, most widely known of
the world's stations for observing
the stars and marking out time, is to
have a large new telescope that will
put it more nearly on a par with its
less famous but more efficient com-
petitors, according to news dispalches
from London,
“Greenwich Is an
borough patch of London,” says a bul-
letin from the National Geographie
society, “but it has world importance
in spite of f{tself., On practically
every map and globe that is pub-
lished the longitude lines conspire to
bring into prominence this community
on the south bank of the Th
two and a half miles below London
bridge. Nearly every country in the
world, and practically every ship that
salls the seas tg position
as so many degrees or west of
unpretentions
ames,
describes |
east
Summer Training
“Reb” all
hitting Northwestern univer
back, has been keeping in
attending summer ¢
bags for his friends—gratia,
Amerien hard-
full-
ape while
oting golf
Russell,
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of course,
Greenwich: for through the center of
the dome of Greenwich observatory
rung the world's generally accepted
zero meridian,
“Fronting the deep waters of the
lower Thames, Greenwich has always
had a nautical flavor. As early as
1011 an invading Danish fleet made its
base at Grenevie, as the place was
then called, Through the centuries it
has become more and more associnted
with British naval affairs, The
town's outstanding building is the
great Naval hospital Assigned hy Sir
Christopher Wren, and considered one
of the finest creations of that famous
architect, It is no longer used ns a
hospital, but serves now as‘ihe Royal
Naval college where Dritain’s naval
officers are trained.
“Greenwich was once even more fa.
mous than Westminster and Windsor
are today as the home of British roy-
alty, On parts of the of the
Naval college and school was situated
‘Placentia,’ the favorite of
British kings during the latter part of
the Fifteenth centur the teenth,
and half of the Seventeenth
Greenwich observatory wn
established In 1673 under Charles
and placed in the old palace g
now Greenwich park,
“Greenwich observatory now come
bines some of the functions of the
American Naval oliser burean
of standards, and weather bureau. It
is respons for the of
Brit ime, ach day one o'clock
p. m. the time ball falis fr a staff
on the and sig.
nals are by and
wireless,
sites
palace
Six
as
II
rounds,
“The
virtory,
correction
ish t nt
om
observatory, electric
sent out telegraph
world's
the
“Greenwleh has
official marking
meridian of longi
ns Nn of the
dian conference,
vented
heen the
point for
tude only since
Was
Since long
Zero
1884
result
numerous Z2er0
in
in
have heen
tis ely
Ptole
ue,
small areas
in the Second
* Was
enous
my t
reckoned
me center
Paris
the
VAS expressed
st of
When the rebuilt Constitution w
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“Painless Extraction”
Applied to Dentist
New York.—Dending
youthful patient and
a tooth preparatory
ing It, Dr, M. V, Sael
himself looking doy
of a revolver,
the youth's assi
zie Meanwhile
tant “extracted”
21 in cash and 81350 in Jewelry
ind dental gold from Doctor
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“Painless extraction, oh,
the boys sald as they left,
Doe?”
wae reeves ee. rose
R. 1. we of the most in-
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77 as chief They are
gunners,
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Grasshopper Mummies
Found in Yellowstone
Washington. — Mummies
those of the Pharoa!
in gre
park, it wi
tor Can
than
18 are to be found
near Yellowstone
18 revealed by Acting Diree.
rer of the natior park
Instead of being the romains
kings, however, they are the bodies
of swarms of thit were
buried in the snow before the glaciers
wore formed In that ree The in-
sects, perfectly preserved, being
found in great numbers,
older
iumbhers
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grasshopper
ion
ire
A wretched man is a sgered thing
, of Course!
Trisects the Angle
Very Rev.
dent of D
burgh, Pa. who
he has succeedes
gle by plane geometry
the of matl
and never before hs
Joseph J. Callahan, presi-
university, Pitts.
announced that
ecting an an-
This is one of
oldest
itical prol
i
i be un solved,
dems
Washington 1 ter
the transatlantic cables
trical !
Greenwich
the laying of
Until
sent Irom
world It was
gitude of Eu
can points to
noecuracy.
as
loge.
be
to the New
to tie
in point and
impossible the lon
rope Amer]
gether
Ww ashington
ero meridian
While
American
western
It
ary
tah, and
Oregon
thsolute
served
were established,
reason that the
lines between Colorado and Ut
het i
will be
state boun
in his bound
t
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ween
seen
fal
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