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...Cambridge Observatory. Visually with five-inch telescope, the corona resembled that of the '89 eclipse. Two large solar protuberances were noted. Our polar filaments six seconds in diameter traced the corona about one degree. The shadow of the moon on the sky and shadow bands were well seen. Venus and Mercury were conspicuous. The inner corona was visible in the telescope some seconds after totality was over. There was no dark band around the moon's limb during the partial phase and no detail on the moon during totality...
...natural, on the surface, never restrained by social conventions. The perfect man was he who properly balanced and developed all the natural instincts in himself. Their intensely imaginative minds gave to their divinities a distinct idealization. Juno-the protector of the family-was conceived to be beautiful and severe; Venus was gentleness itself; Diana's nature was wild, untamed. It was to these ideal conceptions that the Greek sculptors were called upon to give worthy physical form. With such high ideals, and amid such favorable conditions, it is but natural that the Greeks should have become the greatest exponents...
...article in the March number of the Atlantic Monthly entitled "Venus in the Light of Recent Discoveries," Perceval Lowell of the class of '70 publishes a discovery he has recently made, that Venus rotates on her own axis only once a year, thus keeping one hemisphere continually toward the sun, and the other hemisphere in perpetual night. Hitherto it has been supposed that Venus rotated more than once a year, though the exact length of her day was a matter of dispute...
...MILK WHITE FLAG.- Chas. Hoyt's contribution to dramatic literature entitled, "A Milk White Flag," with its battle's guard followers on the field of Mars and in the court of Venus has drawn liberal patronage to the Park Theatre. The piece is one of the best Mr. Hoyt has yet written and offers a most delightful evening's entertainment. There have been many changes for the better since it was originally presented at the Boston Theatre, and the company besides being a large one includes many well known players. Prominent among them are: Chas. Stanley, Geo. Schiller, J. Aldrich...
...restoration of the statue. As it came from Melos it was in several separate parts; the upper and lower halves, the knot of hair, part of the fore-arm, and a hand with an apple. The restoration has been attempted in several ways. Some have thought the Venus to be one of a group of figures, others have restored her "juggling with the apple," still others have placed a column for her arm to rest upon. The figure probably stood close up against something, her left arm resting upon some support, her right arm bent across the body...