Word: stellar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...work at the Harvard Observatory is, at present principally devoted to stellar photography. Observations are made as far south as 25 degrees beyond the equator, while the expedition sent to South America is completing the observations in the southern hemisphere. A new photographic telescope has been added to the apparatus of the Observatory similar to the 7 inch Bates telescope in Peru. The instrument consists of a telescope with an adjustment for a photographic plate holder...
...number of underclassmen interested in astronomy recently made a complete inspection of the Harvard observatory under the personal guidance of Professor Pickering. Several hours were spent in examining the various instruments and in looking over the stellar photographs which Professor Picketing exhibited...
...their several special lines of study with benefit to a large class of people. Much valuable work has been done by the members of the Astronomical Observatory. Director Edward C. Pickering has issued a short but extremely important document, viz., "The First Annual Report of the Photographic Study of Stellar Spectra conducted at the Harvard College Observatory." Seth Carlo Chandler has written "The Almucator," a volume of 222 pages. In the Medical School the writings have been unusually voluminous. Nearly every one in the faculty has furnished something, and a few have exceeded their quota. There were no books...
...Alvan H. Clark has completed his work in the Lick Observatory and will return in a few days. Professor Keeler is the only astronomer on the ground, and is devoting himself to making stellar observations...
...found the Robert Treat Paine fellowship of social science, $10,000; Uriah A. Boyden estate, $237,387.78; from an anonymous friend, per Mr. Agassiz, $2500; Henry Lee, $1500 for the salary of an instructor in political economy; Mrs. Henry Draper of New York, $4500 for prosecuting researches in stellar photography; Robert Waterston, $1000 for the library; Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, $2000 for salaries in the herbarium; Martin Brimmer, $2000; and John L. Gardner, $5000 toward the addition to the Museum of Comparative Zoology. The total amount of gifts for immediate use is $36,024.59, and of gifts to form...