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Nub of the story: the Socialists say that Sir Percival Perry, General European Manager for Henry Ford, recently approached Steyr with a proposition that the factory be converted to make Ford parts. Steyr was willing, but Boden-Credit-Anstalt is supposed to have blocked the deal, fearful that such disturbing...
British skeptics, headed by Dr. J. Jackson of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, based their doubts on the following: > Planet "X" has not the magnitude* predicted for it by the late Professor Percival Lowell; was not found exactly where Lowell predicted it would be; insufficient details were given by the...
While astronomers debated and calculated, names for X poured into newspaper offices. Mrs. Percival Lowell, widow of the planet's prophet, at first leaned toward "Percival" but now prefers "Lowell." Outside of Boston neither suggestion has been warmly received. Astronomers, a conservative clan, will likely select a classical name...
For the New Planet, Percival Lowell s wife, who still lives in Beacon Street. Boston, last week suggested Percival. She rejected Lowell as being fixed to too many notable institutions?the Lowell Observatory, the Lowell Institute, the City of Lowell, etc. etc. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard Observatory, suggested...
Choosing an astronomical symbol for the New Planet is also a problem. Signs of the anciently known planets are conventionalized pictures. Mercury's represents the Caduceus, or head with winged cap; Venus' a looking glass; the Earths its equator and a meridian; Mars', a shield and spear, or a warrior...