Word: meridian
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most interesting results of the year's work have been in the observations made with the meridian photometer, and in the experiments with kites at the Blue Hill Observatory. As a result of observations taken on 152 nights the total number of photometric settings is 100, 052, which is greater than that obtained in any previous year. The observations of all the stars north of 40 degrees, of the magnitude of 7.5 and brighter, are nearly completed. The exploration of the upper air with kites lifting automatic instruments which record atmospheric conditions has been continued. Last September records were brought...
Joseph Robbins '95 died of typhoid fever Friday, at his home, after a four weeks' illness. His funeral will take place this (Monday) afternoon, at his home, 430 Meridian St., East Boston...
...lately devised an atteachment to a photographic telescope of such a nature that eight plates, eight by ten inches each, can be exposed in succession without disturbing the telescope. The telescope is regulated by clock-work and is designed to photograph all the bright stars that cross the meridian during the night. This instrument is much more powerful than the one of similar construction which has been in use at the Observatory during the last few years...
...large number of observations have also been made with the meridian photometer to determine the variation of light in stars suspected of variability...
...Besides this labor, a large amount of observation is done there, several instruments being kept in constant use. The largest of these are the fifteen-inch and six-inch equatorial telescopes, the eight-inch transit circle, the eleven-inch Draper photographic telescope, the eight-inch photographic telescope, and the meridian photometer...