Word: southern
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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HOLLIS STREET THEATRE.- E. H. Southern as "Lord Chumley...
...astronomical expedition which the authorities at Harvard University have so long contemplated is now fairly started on its journey South. Primarily, the object of the expedition is to make a complete survey of the southern heavens to supplement the survey of the northem heavens which has been going on the last six years at Cambridge. As three-fourths of the survey has been accomplished here at Cambridge it will not be necessary for the expedition to remain in the South more than two years to finish it entirely...
...complete apparatus for the important work of photographing the spectrum of the sun and in addition will carry an ingenious instrument for measuring the brightness of the corona. One of the assistants started yesterday with a large part of the apparatus, for Peru; where a thorough study of the southern heavens will be made. While it is not yet assured that a permanent station will be established south of the equator, nevertheless the idea is seriously entertained and a part of the work of the expedition will be the examination of the exact facts in regard to climate and atmospheric...
...performed with the same instrument and according to the same method and standard as that by which that part of the heavens visible in Cambridge, from the pole to 30 degrees south of the equator has been already surveyed. Photographs will be made of the spectra of the southern stars and of the stars themselves directly. A complete map of the southern field will be made by combining a series of photographs taken in a systematic manner...
HOLLIS STREET THEATRE.- E. H. Southern as "Lord Chumley...