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...life nobly devoted to intellectual and scientific research was that of Percival Lowell, who is dead at Flagstaff, Arizona, where in 1894 he erected his great astronomical observatory. Mr. Lowell had already attained honor in another field of research when his interest in astronomy, and his conviction that the altitude and atmosphere of Flagstaff offered an opportunity for perhaps a more intimate scrutiny of the planets than any which had yet been made, led him to begin his great work at that point. He had won rank for his use of the scientific imagination in the field of Japanese occultism...
Professor Percival Lowell '76, of Boston, brother of President Lowell, and one of the world's most distinguished astronomers, died at his observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz., yesterday of apoplexy. He was 62 years...
...years after graduation Professor Lowell went to Japan, where he lived for ten years. In 1894 he established the Lowell Observatory, of which he is the head, at Flagstaff, Arizona. In May, 1900, he undertook an expedition to Tripoli to observe an eclipse of the sun, and a few years later sent a party to the Andes to photograph the planet Mars. It is in connection with this expedition that Professor Lowell is best known. He has made many discoveries about Mars, and was awarded the Janssen Medal of the French Astronomical Society for research work concerning that planet...
...avenue. The only monument which Cambridge has to her soldiers is the one dedicated to the men killed in the Civil War; no recognition is made of the heroes of either of the other wars. Between eight and nine thousand dollars will be needed for the erection of this flagstaff, which will be set on an ornamental bronze pedestal, resting on a sub-structure of granite, surrounded by a seat of the same stone. A bronze eagle and ball will surmount the staff and around the pedestal will be four tablets bearing the names of the soldiers and patriots...
...recent work of the Lowell Observatory may be seen by those interested at the Astronomical Laboratory on Jarvis street today and tomorrow between 2.30 and 4.30 o'clock. The exhibit includes spectrograms indicating the existence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Mars and transparencies of Mars taken at Flagstaff recently...