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...Paris Observatory expedition, under Camille Flammarion, will also be in Mexico. M. Flammarion thus adds another chapter to his eventful history that began in 1842 in the reign of Louis Philippe. At four he could read. At six he had completed what is equivalent to a grammar school education. His astronomical career was determined by the occurrence of two eclipses of the sun?one when he was five, the other when he was nine. He went to Paris and studied, "on nothing a year." He passed the examinations for the Observatory and at 16 was the author of the first...
...sympathizers have been numbered Lord Balfour, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir William Barrett, Alfred Russell Wallace, Lord Rayleigh, Prof. Gilbert Murray, F. W. H. Myers, Sir William Crookes, Andrew Lang, Prof. Henry Sedgwick, Richard Hodgson, Sir James Barrie, Conan Doyle, and in France, Professors Henri Bergson, Charles Richet, Camille Flammarion. In Germany, Z�llner, Fechner, and Weber, all distinguished scientists, were confirmed spiritualists. In the United States, similar organizations have enjoyed the membership?although few of these men have been more than merely open-minded on the subject?of the late Daniel Coit Gilman, president of Johns Hopkins, Simon Newcomb, Edward...
...extraordinary flare-up in the brightness of the star Beta Ceti (TIME, March 10) reported by Camille Flammarion, has been discounted by the astronomers of Mount Wilson Observatory. There has been no change in the spectrum of the star, and it is believed that the Paris astronomer may have confused it with its near neighbor, Mira Ceti, which is a true variable star and is now at its brightest...
...fail to be full of interest. It is written by Harger Ragan and is entitled "In the Footsteps of Dickens." The author aided by many excellent pictures describes some of the spots made familiar in Dickens novels, such as the "Old Curiosity Shop" and Mr. Dombey's House. Camille Flammarion continues "Omega. The Last Days of the World." This installment is much like the last, interesting and fanciful, yet with nothing absolutely impossible. A very interesting article is "American Society in Paris" by Mary Ford. Its best feature is the number of pictures of the leading American ladies of Paris...