Word: coronas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...revival was a gala occasion. A throat affliction prevented Soprano Rosa Ponselle from appearing as Donna Anna. But Leonora Corona, pretty, fat-cheeked Texan, sang creditably if not brilliantly a role she had had only four weeks to prepare. Other interpretations were careful, unexciting. Italian Ezio Pinza made a dashing Don in brocaded breeches and wide-plumed hats, but his voice lacked the subtlety needed for Mozart's tunes...
...religion can spread. His reputation, which neither the U. S., British, German or French Who's Who yet record, went ahead of him to a few artists and mystics. They formed a circle which widened. Money came to Nicholas Roerich and his hopes. His acolytes created for him Corona Mundi (Crown of the World) International Art Centre, and gathered together a thin frame of art from all nations of the earth...
...over 60 ft. long to the tiny spots where observations were possible: 1) To study the "Einstein effect" - to determine the amount which the light rays of stars are deflected in passing close to the sun; 2) To study the nature of the sun by taking pictures of its corona and outer layers...
...thing in particular was hoped for -to obtain pictures of the corona from two points where the eclipse would take place at times a half-hour apart. On this account stations were located, not only in Sumatra and the nearby Malay Peninsula where the eclipse had nearly its maximum duration, but also in the Philippines where the duration was considerably less. As it happened, the shorter duration in the Philippines was more than offset by better weather. In Sumatra there was clear weather for the necessary half-hour, but some of the expeditions on the Malay Peninsula failed entirely. There...
...expedition will confine itself largely to photometric work. It is planned to measure not only the total sky illumination and to determine the light curve throughout the entire eclipse, but also to measure the absolute brightness and the color index of the Corona for comparison with the results of the previous eclipses. In addition to this, the expedition is equipped with a variety of lenses for rapid photography of the outer reaches of the Corona. A special Ultra Violet camera is being taken from the Mt. Wilson Observatory, which has a silvered quartz lense especially designed for the purpose...