Word: brightness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Director Swift, of the Warner Observatory, Rochester, N. Y., at 7 o'clock last evening discovered a bright telescopic comet about 2 1/4 north of the star Beta, in constellation Pegasus, having a tail about half a degree long, and slow eastward motion; about R. A. 22h. 50m., about N. Dec. 29. This is the first comet of the year, and promises to be a conspicuous object in the western...
...devote time and trouble enough to train a couple of months. Eighty-three has an excellent shell and a fine set of oars, so that with a good amount of work by the old men and new candidates the prospects for a continuance of her brilliant rowing record are bright...
...fire at Pach's studio on Friday night was discovered by a roundsman on Main street. Noticing through the side-lights of the operating room the reflection of a bright light, he forced open the door and saw the flames breaking through the partition that separated the "dark room" from the reception room. The nearest box was at the junction of Main street and Putnam avenue; but for some reason he was unable to open this, and much time was consumed while he made his way to Harvard square. There is little doubt but that the fire was caused...
...John Bright will deliver his rectorial address to the students of Glasgow University on March 12, and on the following evening address a public meeting in that city...
...Brown of Dartmouth College stated at an alumni meeting held in New York city last week that, "there never was a time when the prospects looked so bright for Dartmouth as today." The "prospect" must have brightened considerably since a year...