Word: portion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...northern hemisphere and one in the southern will permit all researches to include the whole sky, and thus give them a completeness unattainable at any single station. A second expedition to Southern California furnishes a mountain station under climatic conditions much superior to those of the eastern portion of the United States, and promises to be a satisfactory solution of the problem contemplated by Mr. Boyden in his will, namely, the study of the solar eclipse. All these plans greatly increase the work accomplished by the observatory and yet, notwithstanding the large addition to its resources, the entire income...