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...spectrum of a lightning flash. Comparison of the three negatives obtained at different times in the months of July and September shows the curious fact that the spectrum of lightning is not always the same. The spectrum of the flash closely resembles that of the new star, the Nova Persei. The apparatus was the same as is used in obtaining photographs of the spectra of stars and the success of the experiment, it is expected, will open a new field for spectroscopic work...
Preparations are being made at the Observatory for photographing the nebula of the Nova Persei. Ever since the star was discovered last February it has been growing fainter, and it is feared that if photographs are not obtained soon no further chance will be offered. Every night telescopic photographs will be taken and the time of exposure will be lengthened, as it is thought that under-exposure may account for recent failures to obtain photographs of the nebula. It is intended also to determine by the parallax method the distance and motion of the star...
Princeton, 35; Villa Nova...
...each; Williams 20; Tufts 18. From the University of Pennsylvania there are only 6. The English University of Oxford is not represented, but there are graduates from Cambridge University; the University of Heidelberg; the University of Strassburg; Keiogijiku University, Japan; Victoria University, England; the Universities of Dalhousie and Acadia, Nova Scotia; the University of Toronto; the University of New Brunswick; and the University of Havana. Of these 754 men, 340 are in the Law School, 176 in the Medical School, 143 in the Graduate School, 58 in the College, 15 in the Divinity School, 14 in the Lawrence Scientific School...
...review of the year includes the record of the work with various instruments in Cambridge and at Arequipa. Twenty-one variable stars were found in addition to a new star in the constellation. Aquila, which makes the sixth "Nova" discovered at Harvard by means of photography. At the Blue Hill Station, apart from routine observations, the chief work has been the continued exploration of the air by kites--twenty-two flights being made. The average height of these was 8973 feet, and the greatest single height being 15,800 feet. This system of lifting self recording instruments into the free...