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...invention of several instruments for scientific observations, including a special attachment for the sextant for aircraft navigation, brought out during the war. He was the author of books and papers on astronomy and kindred subjects, and had nearly completed an exhaustive study of the early astronomical records of the Maya people of Central America. On the translations of their almanacs and tables he was a recognized authority...
...curator of European archaeology, will speak on "Art Prehistoric and Primitive", telling of the remarkable art of upper Paleolithic times in southern France and comparing these early efforts with the drawings of children. On May 12, Dr. H. J. Spinden '06, curator of Mexican Archaeology, will lecture on "Maya Art" as revealed in recent explorations made in Yucatan...
...last lecture of the season under the auspices of the Anthropological Society will be given this evening in the Fogg Lecture Room at 8 o'clock, by Mr. C. P. Bowditch '63, of Boston. His subject will be "The Maya Hieroglyphs of Central America...
...shown much interest in the archaeological discoveries in the ruined cities of Yucatan, Mexico, but has also aided substantially in raising funds for the recent explorations carried on in those regions by the Peabody Museum. He is particularly interested in the attempts at deciphering hieroglyphics on monuments of the Maya people, and will discuss the methods employed in making out these inscriptions, as well as the progress which has been made in their explanation...
...ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY. "The Maya Hieroglyphs of Central America," Mr. C. P. Bowditch '63. (Illustrated by the Stereopticon.) Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...