Word: fainting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...comets were discovered during the months of July and August. Successful observations were made, but no satisfactory photographs were obtained as both bodies were very faint...
...Leonids were observed and it is thought that the shower is past for the present year. The shower this year is probably the last for thirty-three years, although it is possible that next year a small shower may be visible. The color of the Leonids was a faint green. Three dozen photographs were taken during the night, but they were not very successful, as the Leonids were much fainter and of shorter duration than on the preceding evening. In all about seven dozen photographs were made and although they have not as yet been carefully examined their development shows...
Lack of originality does not prevent the last Lampoon from being quite as entertaining as usual. The front page is an excellent take-off of the "Bugville" pictures that have recently crawled into so many periodicals. The drawing on the first page, too, with its faint suggestion of Peter Newell, deserves some mention...