1 ' ' " i EVENING PUBLlti LEDGER-PHliADELPHIA, FRIDAY; JUNE 23, 1922 ,.nWa(g
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Photographs of mars may
wove exist en c eef life
despite claims of scoffers
Dr. Walter Mates Sits Under Huge
hTelescepe at swart hmere Observatory
and Urges Rank and File te Take Up
iHis Favorite Study
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ID YOU ever spend most of a night in a great astronomical ebscrva-
Vtery and take up star-gazing in a serious way for just once, at
leist?
' Probably net.
'The registers of even casual visitors at most of the mere important
observatories indicate that net enn person in a hundred thousand has ever
teen inside of an observatory, te say nothing of spending e night in one.
i, It is an event te have your eye greeted for the first time by litrht
which has filtered down through a giant telescope after traveling two
centuries at the rate of 18G.000 miles a second from a star 1,173,130,200,
000,000 miles away.
f Have you ever stepped te consider that the very nearest of the
Btirs and don't confuse stars, which are suns, with the planets of our
own solar system are about 4 3-10 light years distant?
Yeung folk in canoes, in ham
mocks and en beaches and front
perches during these summer
months, who leek at the heavens
while murmuring soft -nothings te
each ether, are net likely te ponder
much en these things, but after they
ar safely married
Dees vegetation or life of any
kind exist en Mars or the moon?
What makes you think se?
De you knew that, astronomers
(tet the time-at night from the stars
without the slightest difficulty te
wftriin a fiftieth part of a second,
aj'a matter of course, and that they
probably could get it down te one
hundredth part of n second were it
of practical benefit te de se ?
There are probably between four
and five thousand catalogued stars
isible te the naked eye in the lat
itude of Philadelphia. Did you knew
that there was a telescopic adjust
ment formula for the finding of each
of these stars, and many ethers net
visible te the naked eye, by setting
the instrument even before the ob
server leeks into it?
That when it is adjusted and you
peer through the eye piece, there
lies your star in the field before the
eye, winking at you pleatantly with
purest ray serene and defying you
te read its riddle?
ether worlds after death. They tell a
story nt Svvarthmerc :
Four years age a beautiful child in
the neighborhood, n little girl of M!en.
was known for licr fondues for the
morning Btar, and she would awake at
half-past ft or 4 o'clock in the moraine,
go l her bedroom window anil leek
long and intently nt It. She called it
Iter "very own star' and she never
censed marveling at Its brilliancy.
Seme one told her about the Sproul
Observatory and took her there te see
the great telescope, which excited her
childish imagination te the higher
pitch. The observer showed her a few
stars through the great tube, but she
was net content. She wanted te see
her "own star." That meant she
would have te cultivate the morning ob
server, en duty from 1 o'clock te day
light. Her parents could net arrange
te take her in these unearthly limits.
he the matter lapsed.
Child Makes Midnight
Trip te See "Her Star"
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The moon
North America Nebula
Hut one morning the observer up
under the b'g dome, hented en his giant
"chair," or great rolling stepladder.
heard n noise. Switching en the lights
he saw a demure little figure in night
dress, slipners and shuwl, peering
eagerly at him. She had walked two
miles in the dark ever the lonely read
te see "her morning tar."
The observer adjusted the telescope,
lifted the little miss up en the chair,
and was rewarded by her rapture. lie
allowed her te remain und glory In her
star until she began te tremble with
chill. Wrapping his coat about her, he
carried her home.
A few dnjH lutcr she was taken ill
und died. She repeatedly told her
There aie te many questions like i mother before the end: "Mamma, I
iv. i t i. ., ,,m Rell's away I am going te inv
these te puzzle or rtartlc the un- Mnri"
initiated. Hut the professional as-1 And who Rnews? According te Flam Flam Flam
tronemcis would enlv smile at I '""r1"11 .""'' ethers-perlmpH she did.
., , , " ,1 ripeiiding a nignt in unit eusenntnrv
iiiuiii'. nnvi iur iiir uutvvi , AVllll llie
Total eclipse of sun, 1918
them they knew se many mere
The wliule unhorse, come te think
ef It. K ii gicat nuestieii murk.
Astronomy, Like Gelf,
an Engrossing Pursuit
A'liei niu) t a geed deal like golf.
If H eer gets Its hooks into one's ten
der susceptibilities he Is done for; and
then the elder he gctH the greater ad
dict he becomes. It is a sort of re
ligion among sciences, jiint as golf Is
among sports.
Out nt Swaithmeic College they life
trying te 'Veil" astronomy as an ama
teur bide line te the adjacent com
munity, and te lepulailzc it ever the
heads of the students who take the
course from choice or necessity, ibis
the faculty is glad te de, se that the
greatest benefits may be derived from
the Sproul Observatory, splendid gift of
in alumnus of 18!1. who is new the
(lewnnr of I'ennsjlvnnia.
The Sproul Observatory is one of the
mett completely equipped of the coun
try. Its wonderful lefrnctlng telescope
us a tucnt) -four-Inch Iciih that alone
eon SU.UflO. It Is the sixth laigest
refractor In the Fnlted States.
This teloccepe is Hanked by n half
dozen handler ones, two of geed sl.u
und a smaller Ip c students' ebserva
tery
There nre ir. .note pliotegiaphic fa
cilities fur (nidus exposures of st.us
nil lenicls, (InrUioenis for developing
the precious plates, n wonderful astio astie
''Oiniciil llbrniy tilled with histories,
romances, facts mid fancies and fctu
'Utles of the he.nens, and there arc
w-orkieoms, eliihsroeuis and computation
'njMj. In the latter nie marvelous cal
culating engines, super-human whs-
fl liguics. that will multiply or
in Rrt'a, ht,li'gn of llgurcH with un
til! lug preiWen in the Hick of an eye
lani thercb) eliminating great mental
ilrudger) .
Lfeht of Seme Stars
Centuries Reaching Earth
iit,'VN) ''"'"' "l'', ln"".v theiiwindu of
"'"''Rriiphle plates that huve been ex
i..i 'i'.1 niK I'0'" Htuis se remote that
Hi 1,lni'l ''a" ,)0 calculated enTy
' ' "S it j cars, ami a light ycur. as any
,,., """.'J kmittK in these days of youth
',' ni" lenrned dlscuHsiens of Hotel Hetel
li.i,, '. '" "," IH'enMilerable span, since
"M triuels 180.CIM) miles per second.
I0 '' "p '.'kites, clamped at the bnse. or
frni, ..!'"u ,nf " KdcHepp. and exposed
fen Un minutes te four hours, make of
Nn. .,plcM;,mc " Rhmt camera.
cUrniiL nr? "r" w l,rlK,t "ls the
Z,Z i" '"n1,": ,,v,,1 y Photography
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Se h'hV,11' rUtht that comes
ViS...th? bl emcra "barrel.
JuHed If .. UIP cll''",l''. can I
trillion V"-"B"rj i e permit tne pene
Wdili i. ,..' . " '"ir""" or a thou
"netli part of the hltarllirht that ,mr
Klnimi.n i l""'cra'Dtrrei.
;v '"""'iiarleu w,y thatplrlts
splendors of the hlue-b'nck vault above
Is a moving and inspiring experience.
The Jtev. Walter A. Mates. fellow
I of the Koyal Astronomical Society of
(Jrent Hrltalii and for many years prier
te the erection of the Snreiil telescene.
thirteen years age, an observer nt the
Philadelphia Observatory, was vKited
one evening recently. There .seeu.s
beinething entlicly fitting in the Idea
of n sky pilot being n practical as
tronomer, and. questioned en this point.
Mr. Mates mid with a smile that mere
than 100 of rhe 0(l nipuibei of the
Koyal Astronomical Society are clergy
men. Mr. Mntes explained that the piinel
pal asttonemlcnl work done at Swarth Swarth
eorc Is rhat of taking the paralla of
stars. In plain language this means
measuring their distance from the enith
by means of comparative angles from
ether stars en which the equutlenal
computations of higher mathematics ran
be based. It was the development of
nstronen.y that resulted In the absolute
necessity for higher mathematiis.
Abtronemy, therefore, which many
folk dismiss as relatively unimportant,
has been the most important, the most
practical and the niesr useful of all the
sciences. First of all, it makes men
think straight, and. generally speaking,
most of our thinking is equivocal or In
direct. Astronomy has put order Inte
our selnr s.vMcm. cleared up mysteries
ami eliminated superstitions.
Astronomy Is Foundation
of Modern Science
Mr. Slntes pointed out Hint nil trade
and commerce new depend upon as
tronomy, and mentioned, in Indicating
its usefulness, that navigation Is abso
lutely dependent upon it.
These nre some of the truths that
must be drummed Inte the head of the
tyro se that he can understand hew
fundamental is the study of the stars
and their measurements and order In the
universe.
While Mr. Mutes was arranging the
set-up of the great telescope, which has
ns many complicated parts ami de
vices as the Interior of a submarine, he
was caught unawares.
"Taking it by and large, what is the
objective of science?" was a question
tossed off carelessly.
"The genl of all sclcnre," cnine the
reply, "Is the capacity for prediction.
Te anticipate the future is the most
Important object of all human energy
mid Intelligence, and nothing can be
(tone in that direction without iclcnre.
Se fur as science approaches that goal it
approaches perfection, nnd nstrenumy
Is essentially a science of prediction. It
can predict an ecllpse a thousand rnrs
In advance. It can calculate the c.micI
moment of the turn of the tide twice
each day for a century. It run deter
mine the position of the moon nt any
hour of nny night for generations yet
te ceir.e.
"It wasn't se long nge that the
world was frightened at the appearance
of n cninet. Astronomy has shown that
the universe is full of comets and that
they nre ns hurmless ns they nre beau
tiful. There need be no apprehension
en account of their nppeurancc."
Mr. niaiea marten Mite naii-nerse
Dr. Walter Mates at his telescope
Sproul Observatory, Swnrthmera '
College
I light coming from them new, I Miewed
! him. had started nbeut IM.tMO yearn
before the dawn of history In Kgypt, e
after nil we were rather slew.
"The man was vexed with me. Sure
ly.' he said, 'you den t believe, in that
kind of nonsense, de you?' "
In the year that the Sproul Observa
tory wns opened Flamiiinrien suggested
that then might yet be found te exist
nnetlicr planet beyond Neptune, outside
the known limits of the solar svstem.
Flammnrlen at thnt time had nil Idea
ihnt the wanderer was hundreds of mil
lions of miles away nnd that Its distance
from the sun nnd the time of Its revo
lution could one day be stated with cer
tainty. "It has never been found." -nlil Mr.
Mntes. "but who ran tell V It amy be
vet. some day."
Is Mars Inhabited?
Fiercely Debated Question
The world is new agnln excited ever
possible communication with Mars and
filled with speculations as te whetlirr
it is inhabited. Te date, te sum up
the entire matter in a word, it is n
matter of belief. There arc as strong
.mil even stronger arguments, ngninst
the theory that it is inhabited as thfcre.
nre that it is peej led. At Swartlnnere
he astronomers nie non-ceminitlnl.
riammarinn hns been observing Mats
for the Inst twenty-eight years:, lie be
lieves he has demonstrated that ther
Is some intelligent form of life there,
for it Is Impossible te explain, he sny.
the changes that bnvp been taking place
upon anv ether hypothesis.
The diflicultv nbeut even compara
tive y is.arby Mars, only a short stone's
thiew in the known universe, which,
w hen nearest te us. is ft.". 000. 00(1 miles
distant, is m penetrating the .itwo .itwe .itwo
nhere nbeut the enrth te bridge thli
distance with even the bew of telescope
and cameras. Kvcn if one had n tele
scope te bring the plnnet within 17..100
nines, for Instance, the difficulty In tl.e
way of the observer btlll would be im
mense. With Mars near us this year and
with even mere fnverabV ceudltfnm
ahead for next year. c-rwaHv In the
Southern Hemisphere, much has been
heard and will continue te be heard
from that school of nstmimniy which
believes In the habltnbility of the
planet.
It Is regarded a wife te sav bv
i.."1 r''i'0',!!VlM.1,"e.r!n,,us 'believes , . ,,., flip tlli. -; ,,- ,,..,. lmfMI.,nn, ,
r.iV.b '. .. ""r.. ". " ,'""' "UP."-I "Weil it is devoted fentnirv te mi... umnet ,1,, n , ', . , , u,"' .. i , ,V ' .. ,l regarded a, Mif. te s;
kWi B ''.lining lantetn In uliir opinion, the hugiM telcM-ep... au- we are iievertl.We. t . it M.n f thr. , Ii C0"-Prvntlve. urneng vvlieiu nre
rnnemm -' l,,l",s UM H'i"k ""t always beM f..r .en.ii.i c!aU of te the peii i . , .. l- ,v id, , f tlltm' ' ok at Svvaril.mere. that we ,annet
lecrfh 'I '"'''"'I""'"l;ely near' work an, ,. ,,, ,,. ,,. MiUv "1 , ev ' trv .,', c t' ,., or a , ' PrPwnt. and nreta Wy never slinll.
the earth, becau-e It appealed v, larg.. magnilicutlens preduciive of bet ic an individual ' fe instance tZ,1 be 1blp te Me Mars In the feWepe
"Seventv yeai b.-fere Columbus .lis- M,1,r,; r r.-en vvbv 1 beh.ve in Ced' The Vei-v ' ns 'lear,v " sheu d with the naked
eeveied America. " -aid Mi. Mates .in,. ' . " 1 he forty -in. h ules,.pp f ,i. gn-iteM tliV.leirinns have h. en ,i. W,, ,' i -vp.nt 2".00l "'"' Ills aNe regarded
Face of JIars, October (i, 1021
scope which ih thirty-si feet In length i
mill weigus niuny tens. Se perfect Is
its bulimic, however. Hint U can be
moved about by Imnd with case when
it is In a convenient position. Simul
taneously the reef opening of the big
dome, nearly fifty feet ubeve. began te
flide open ns another linger meter
stnrtcd te drone. The telescope was
seen pointing upward through the big
slot at the heaveni. It happened te be
a bad night for observation, as the
visibility was only about two out of u
possible five.
Uusily engaged in orienting the tele tele
seone uilh Vlllww mill li.vm-u titi.l ,
and scales of the gie.itest precision
uei ny loeuing tureugn tne instrument,
but by consulting rows or ngures en a
sheet of paper Mr. .Mntes made rendv
for operations. His preginm for the
night's observations waiting for hint in
the observatory thcie is nothing hit or
llllhs nheilt tbn u-nrL' MJinti.nl n.....
Hoetls, Argelander KIM und 14 Ce-
reniie as some ei n is stars,
Telescope Put in Place
bu Higher Mathematics
Iieneatli the niiinu of each star was an
array of llgiiies te govern the adjust-
incut. Thi. IclpKimw vwiu li,m...i.. . ..
certain tilt by one llguie, then clamped
te stay there; another number adjusted
another position, followed by clamping
ii mi nun unit, iiiL-puuiiur) innvcinciits
having been made, the lights were
switched off nnd a photographic plate
was placed in position,
All lll.llllf In nlllllllrih.ci .1... ..1
.... ... ...e, ... .....,,... r., ,,,L. uiisiTier
asked that the visitor climb up en the
chair, or rolling Htepladder of limb
dlgnnglan proportions, sit down In the
adjustable icat und peer Inte the small
eyn-plece looking In nt right angles te,
the axis of the telescope,
There in the deli
llsht striking his eyes was coming irem
a "guiding" star se far away, that
mere lllvi.lv Hum nut It lin.l lw.,11 "llll
ycuis In passage and that Its dlstnncu
ii cariniy nines t en lit only tie deter
BM "K'n luat new sticams fiein ('.inepusl ,,lll7 oun-ivaterv . .Mr M.u-. ob- n cencile tin ir rca-eiis for belief in Cn.l I V '"k"'' lmpreun hip mm m eivances
DHM ever the path of the veiitliun .nisiMI'u1' '"i,H probably the limit .of sue When I am asked I usually w',,..i "' thousands ef mile we an sie plane-
BKKEU traversed bv the caiaveN of the c- 1 '" rx-fiacting telescene Simen New- believe in (Jed because I want n' nrf detnlls nith Mifficieiif rleanu-ss te
' 'w static! mi ll wav ,wa.d the i ,w!,?b-I b,n.,,k ..I" 1W',' """"nenti.l upon "There-.i ah.elutelv no .imcbnck te J"dge of t.eir true c l.anicter
' earth. Iliisrbel s theory Hint a tcle-ci pe of that." and Mr. Mntes smiled When (Inlilee ImiUcI nt llie moon
llliOO powers would bring the moon te ' ' through hi llrsf op"1 til11 he 'neught
One Star Evrpptlt Om- within forty miles Newceinl. thought Astronomy Brings Belief that the dark arms en the s,,rfe UPrt,
wtl tJiai JZ.CeeUb UU) u doubtful if the moon , euld ever he .-. , X " "ttltf .. ((l ,.,,, )ins ,,, ,
I focused bv the I &Olar bystem in Size s,,'r'i w'th any teless-ep.. m. well as with " uea Supreme Over All knew'edce ftlut planet fhnn that
bright llguie of a ' .... , . "".'.'' KP(' ' t n i (li-tnu. e m ,i0(l miles. Studvin- what U vUll,!.. r .i , lenrned th'nngli teles. ,, . I be amount
Despite iu incomprehensibly ener- , , ll'e largest telescopes, of ceure. are ,0. ,,,,, .,,,' i, '?','! 1(! ,m1, of lieat a planet re. eives (leirtnN upon
ethiiiB of u tluill ,n0l"J, sl!(-'. t'anepus bus virtuallv no '"'(' ' Hike marvelous photographs and never', tt riiii ..,.' D".lipvinB- I its distance from tn. sun The sie aml
l, ,.,i. i , i, P!ralla. the angle is virtuallv eie. ,",i'".' unusual visual results, oiie -uilU , i. ,. , ' ;'"... Mt. s", n' nstronemcr 1 1 c-railratIen.il poll of a planet determine
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Ill its evfent flint nun fiuiiln ..I,,,.
wrote thnt it teuld swnllevv our entire
solar system and never notice u and
i2.ih.i instrument of the Dominion ,1C .'Vw .'i , sK"' Ms, opinion ej
Dbscrvntei.v at Vaneeuv, , and the 101- nil.,, e ,, t re atlvl7 nn''
inrli at Mount Wilsen, t'ahfeinia " i .....' V" "tu-cpt for the uufvcrs-'
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tlie density and (inistltutlen of if. at-
niespncrf
.liars ui ijiuai i iiice
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, . Mr .Mates showed in the main cer- he did net wish ,.. L.iV. .'.... ....""' .'!"' as Celd US the Earth
mined by this sum in multiplicatien: I '""t would be unite a mouthful, tee !" riuer et the observatory n erie of uissien, '"" "llu a ulv
(IOl():M::(i.VL,00.lMI,M)(. After one plate had been oxpefcd ,ll"""n!V'(l I'liotegiaphi. plates of the' "Th.. great cluster of llpr..nlu - i,e M'irs Sd half lis i,i (jrnt ,s fh()
After a few tutus en a calculation ' for nbn"t tif",," minutes Mr. Mates ' '!.i:(!',1' ,M"rs,' -'"Dit.-r. Ilallev ,mer, lemarhcd thoughtfully " is 'ft im Jht fnr,,u !""' " ls '" '"u"1 "' ,,:llr '
machine n tie "niund "or u" Vli " b" fnu'"' Photography would have te bl. , f "r ehwers nn.l spiral nehula... year distant fro , 'UH accetdhJ' mnr'', 'l'',n " liurfer - nu.-l, at-
servntery later in tie nigh the n- discontinued for thnt night, because of I " '"'' "ll1 ". '"!'' t.i.i.i.g pictures, Harlow Shu v. f Han-ar.l "n , &J ',,,"'',"'r1 ,,or, ""," "f '"'''" This
swer was fe und, represe 1 g tie (lis- the haziness of the skyV (In a nigh T'iT" ,,,IV''T "ie plates arc Ilersehel , li It lint r s, i,,.,! ' it te ";''" ''e planet ,,iu. . eMrcucly
tance In miles''ef ' hm slur" f e the of high visibility, w,;.,i the atmes. U1 ,:","' fl!:,,1 ", h'7' .'J"1' V'1''! J""' "'! '"" '" ' " Tl h " "' ,1 i n!', 7 leme rnll """, 'U'"'
earth 1,17ft. l.'iD.'.'OO.OOlUlOO! I'herlc conditions arc just right ami .'" " ',?, ,' . ," ,Ir 7 "' Ufihu l,i;l',d long been divergent ideas n, tliee """' '""" "mperatur,. of ft!) (0.
This star, of ceu.se. 'ws a guiding everything depends upon .he,,e"of I m ' a ' i;l,,,,ilnP-i "''. VmnylZA th M.rf'.i ees "of M,,r:,,,rrll!?;n
graphs are ..htnined nt a si ,,i mV , ,"'... . ""V ."" " m" '"'" "l . "".' Slmi.ley, Mr. Mn, , ,.,l into "' '.,'". m' "'n. ,!,r. "' .-
Suin-tliinn... " .V".' .''". '". "'" "", re enmilieil Cens deratien ,...: :...'.,.,". .....i.c ''"' "" iar vel lln i.tmesp here
." , , , ."""' inicioscepes and stud oil bv us the most fllVt,.,;! r " " i h tin "' Mtt''- l-evvell hns endcuvercil te
After the plates are developed and tnciilly and students. ' !,,,,,-.,, J " "'"lil from the r.n " " " she n..wr temperature ' le
the stars me Identified with murks they j ,'"lhe geegraphv. or mere properly. I 'J"e 00(1 lui,thP..ai'0 bui,1B Mm ' The nveruge t miicrature of the whole
nre clamped upon measuring engines for selenegraphy , of the moon." said Mr I Oil rP 1 5eur"' r hive (.nth is about CO degrees Fahrenheit
themensurln3ef the star Images hhevvn I Mtes. as he pointed out its c ,,?'.; ,,,, " , ",H1,nII0IM,Jr"' ''"eaiete .N'""-reus asiremers 1 , ',' i,1
en the plates. These measuring engines , '""1 ll; nml various co.it.guratieus ," ) J n ?i "li-t "rc .Mnu ",mlc " ,,PPI' Mll,h t 'I'" hIiimiI con"
are se exact that they will measure up , !ls though thev wue op a relief map ""i Jnl.uL,' ,, i.vmiin one ditieiis en Mars nre therefore Imnn.
te one..uillieth of in, inch. ' Hi. a schoe room, "is new us ,., ,lrn. ! , ,l 'V's '"R "'"'.' '','f.i ta 's ' ''"'" '"' tlm pepu'ar views. r,
I'll., ns.ronemlcal day Is followed a. t UV .enel! "" , Vf,! w ,M,,h- 1 f"- " at are ' I CMH llAWiat 1 1' "'" !h" ';""" "'"""I !.. n. m-
the observatory. In ether we.ds. ,he I . Z Ti, ' ,' ,n" "- pni'tn of ,he e artl I , "Aft ,, , e,nUu umedly I"''1 of astronomers . rcadv l0 rele.
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tluilcss. thev nre constant!! tilwit,"i null
lllL II till untcllllll Kl.llw lrmii s..,.nl.,i.
mere that are fiein fifty te 100 light
vcars fiein the earth.
Fer photegraphv in parallax work
thcie is no magnification, although for
visual wink thcie me cyc-pleics mag
nifying anywhere fiein 100 up te MDtiii
dlaiiieleis. As a geneial thing the
high-power eyepieces nie used seldom.
Mipciler vImuii icsult,s me obtained
with lesser diameters. Iiiircteij at
some snips and planets, the lilgh-pevv-ei
ed (')e lenses bring tee blinding a
Heed of light for either comfeit or vis
Uilllty. Alse, the higher magnifications
show all the "waves" in the atmes.
pheie mound the ctutli. like heat waves
ilslng fi eni a steam radiator.
Speaking of distances of stars from
(lie earth, however, Mr. Mutes chuckled
as he referred te Cuuepus, in the south
ern hemisphere, he tecend brightest
slar vlslblu from i, carlh. liven1 te'
i ." : ::-." . ... . .n , ":r "'
uuui iiiit'r. in . v pii iiw i-iiii iu : ....- ..
at ...rrldian. This is te be changed te ' , V.V n'?t ,,,,,",, ""'V?p"
Tjrz
go te power molec that iiievrlltlie gient lele
i t
conform withpepular custom te .Ian-
miry i, in.ii, te eiiviate confusion.
After that date, by common lensent of
nil the astroiieiuicnl societies of the
world, the nautical almanac will
change at midnight.
Mr. Matps, after many years of
work with it, holds n genuine affretlnn,
for the Hpieul telcsyepc, Its slxe he
c..,.i .1 r'Hties that iistriii"",, tni"
p"n-ing tfipic we urn .J..ii.. 7r' Liiind en ih
e noun i.ltnn ... "i-...'.'"" ''r.1.y
watches of the i.l, '"' ' ."'. ' '
as one mentions tl catlrr. ""' h?'
Ih life in ma.,,, mnii- places ,,th
unlveise. It ls one of the tldVs iffi
th.ns ronemep n.-it,,, '.... l.""'s '"it
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