Word: mooning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...those who like to stamp with their feet on the earth and feel that they're here because they're here the theories of Professor Stetson relative to the effect of the rising and the setting of the moon upon the latitude of a place may come as disturbing news. They may feel the solid ground fall beneath their feet, and when they think they're Fifty North and Forty West they may be in quite another locality...
...Jarvis street with thousands of observations of latitude, Professor H. T. Stetson, with the assistance of Miss Margaret Olmstead, a graduate student at Radcliffe, has discovered a remarkable variation in the latitude of a place on the Earth's surface dependent on the rising and setting of the moon. This information was made known to a CRIMSON reporter yesterday...
...slow progressive shift of the axis about which the earth rotates over a period of months and years has been known for a long time, explained Professor Stetson, but that there should exist such a diurnal effect depending upon the altitude of the moon in the sky was not known until the results of the present investigation were found. From the results of other investigations in progress at the Astronomical Laboratory last year, Professor Stetson is led to believe that the moon might cause a deviation in the direction of gravity as it passed over the meridian of the observer...
Several hypotheses are being considered to explain the phenomena which may be due to a combination of causes. Theoretically a small tide must take place in the earth's crust as the moon revolves about the earth. But from other considerations it is not thought that this can be sufficiently large to account for the observed effect. Professor Stetson is now considering the possible effect of a tidal wave in the earth's atmosphere caused by the moon which may alter the apparent direction of the ray of light from a star and produce the effect noted. The most direct...
...flight each way. The other flight will in all probability be to either the Worcester or Hartford airport. While the pilots for the flight have not been announced as yet the foremost candidates are: W. N. Bump '29. T. P. Sproul '29, L. D. Parker '31, and P. H. Moon '32. This flying time, plus that of the regular operation at the Boston Airport, should enable the club to maintain its regular fall average of between 70 and 90 hours...