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...first photograph of a star ever obtained was taken with the "incomparable" 15-inch telescope, starting anew in 1885 after the invention of the dry plate, the Harvard Collection of celestial photographs is the most complete in the whole world. Southern stars not visible in Cambridge were photographed in Arequipa, Peru, from 1891 to 1926, when the station was removed to Bloemfontein, South Africa...
...River in the Orange Free State. The mounting just completed is a fine specimen of the telescope maker's art. It is provided for the 24-inch Bruce photographic doublet which for thirty years has been in operation, with a rather inferior mounting, at the former Harvard station in Arequipa, Peru. The 24-inch Bruce has long been the Observatory's most powerful tool for studying southern stars and nebulae, and with its new modern mounting it will continue on two especially significant problems--first, the survey of the super-system of galaxies known as the spiral or extra-galactic...
...little pictures of the White Church of Arequipa, Peru, and the Churches of Cuautla in Mexico are fresh and charming, and the Canal View done in Venice recalls Corot's sketches of Rome. The Boy Reading and the Musicians suggest the full chi, aroscuro method of Velasquez. There is an interesting and spirited copy of the Olivarez of Velasquez. To emphasize Dr. Ross' relation to the great masters is certainly not to deny his originality but rather to praise his achievements which are rooted in a study of the best precedents of the past...
Since 1890 a branch station has been operated at Arequipa, Peru, but as cloudy weather handicaps the observation in that spot, it has been decided to move to the high platforms of South Africa where better conditions prevail throughout the year...
...past four years the Peruvian station has been under the direction of Dr. John Paraskevopoulos, and he has superintended the transferring of the equipment from Arequipa to Bloemfontein. This includes a photographic telescope with a double lens 24 inches in diameter, one with a triple lens ten inches in diameter and three other photographic telescopes. The first two instruments are being provided with new mountings...