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...National Academy of Sciences last spring, Astronomer Hubble put the limit of the visible universe at 300,000,000 light-years from Earth (TIME, May 7).* Later he extended the limit to 400,000,000 lightyears. Last week he reported catching on a high-speed photographic plate the faint impression of a galaxy of stars 500,000,000 light-years away...
Lawrence was a master, despite his faults, and Wilkie was at all events competent, as were Bonington, Elty, and Crome or Cotman, to name a few others. One must remember that competence is almost a pejorative term in criticism, if connotes the damnation of faint praise. Turner was once one of the gods of Fry's idolatry, so his remarks here, though just to this reviewer, may seem to some idol-demolition. Fry recovers, however, from any suggestion of mere pique, with his laudation of Constable: "Constable, like Gainsborough, belongs to the great European tradition of design." We are thus...
Although several comets are usually seen each year, none were discovered in 1934, according to Observatory officials. The new comet is described as "Fairly bright," but is too faint to be distinguished by the naked eye. It s of the tenth magnitude, and is located 90 degrees away from the sun and minus 51 degrees in declination. Although at present it may be observed only in the southern hemisphere and as far north as the Georgia-Florida boundary line, it is moving steadily northward at the rate of approximately one degree...
Lesser Lights. In the blinding light cast by a Man of the Year chosen by acclamation, other lights may seem faint by comparison, but calculated by their own candlepower, they are not to be ignored...
...sudden, doctor, my ears begin to buzz. The room swirls around me. My eyes jerk and I can't keep them still. I reel, and if I don't catch hold of something I fall to the floor. Sometimes I faint. I break into a cold clammy sweat. I feel nauseated. And, doctor, I can't help vomiting. These attacks have been coming over me more frequently. I used to be able to hear perfectly clearly in spite of the buzzing in my ears. But now I am getting deaf. And, doctor, I'm afraid I'm going...