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...Payne-Gaposchkin received her A.B. at Cambridge and her Ph.D. at the Annex; she is an expert in the fields of astro-physics and photometry, the study of the measurement of light. She is a lecturer in astronomy at Harvard...
...claimed, most astro-physicists agree that the recurrent seasons of hot and cold periods have been somehow connected with...
Most successful experimenter was Dr. Wallace Carothers of Du Pont. While trying to synthesize a silklike fiber, he stumbled upon a compound with a wonderful musky odor. Under the name of Astro-tone, it is widely used as a musk substitute. (Returning to bis original quest, Du Font's Carothers did women an even greater service by discovering nylon...
...appear, had not kept the spot under observation for a seemly length of time after Astronomer John Edwin Willis sighted it. The British Astronomical Association said that one Will Hay, music-hall comedian and amateur stargazer, had spotted the spot 26 hours before Astronomer Willis saw it. The Potsdam Astro-Physical Laboratory said that Dr. Weber, Reich Bureau of Standards physicist, had spotted the spot one hour before Comedian Hay. Impression created was that both the Potsdam Laboratory and the British Association, when they heard from their respective informants, had kept discreetly mum until something more could be ascertained...
...following is a partial list of the mid-year examination schedule. The Crimson assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the schedule, which is posted in University Hall. All examinations begin at 9.15 o'clock unless otherwise specified. TODAY-(XII) Anthropology 3b Sever 30 Astronomy 3 Astro. Lab. Biology A New Lect. Hall Chemistry 11 Mallinckrodt MB 23 Comp. Literature 42a Sever 35 Economics 6a Sever 36 Fine Arts 5h Fogg Large Rm. French 6 Dr. Francon, Sec. 1 Sever 11 Professor Allard, Sec. 2 Emerson D Dr. Webster, Sec. 3 Emerson J Mr. Penny, Sec. 4 Emerson...