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18 Hollis.Professor Fisher, of Cornell, has presented to the Cornell University library a very complete collection, comprising 1000 volumes, of Rhaeto-Romanic literature.
During the session of the schools the College Library will be open from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. The Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Peabody Museum, and the Mineralogical Collection in Boylston Hall are also accessible to students during the summer vacation.
The Maine State College has received a Natural History collection from the late Gilbert Longfellow, of Machias, in memory of his two sons, Henry W. and Gilbert.
Early in 1891 a station was established by Professor Wm. H. Pickering at Arequipa in Peru, thus furnishing means for observing and photographing the stars of the southern sky. This gave Harvard a singular advantage over other observatories, for in the wonderfully clear condition of the skies in that quarter...
The southern hemisphere has never been examined through a very powerful instrument. The cost of an instrument fitted for such work is estimated at about $50,000, and until this sum is donated, the work in this quarter must be limited. The results of these years of experiment and research...