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...specially constructed radio receiving apparatus will be installed within the next month at the University Astronomical Laboratory for the purpose of measuring the amount of influence that sunspots have on the intensity of radio reception, it was announced recently by Professor H.T. Stetson...
...explanation of the sun-spot influence, Professor Stetson states, is that a sun-spot is nothing less than a gigantic solar cyclone, of the same nature as those which occur in the United States, but characterized by terrific electrical charges. These bodies are set in rotation during a storm, forming a veritable dynamo. The powerful magnetic field thus developed extends out into space and often disturbs radio, cable, and telegraph lines of the earth. Within recent years it has become possible to actually measure the field strength of these solar storms by means of a careful analysis of the spectrum...
...staff, Professor Stetson states, will continue to furnish records of this type to the Mount Wilson, Yerkes, and Naval Observatories...
...unusual increase in the activity of the sun has been reported by Professor H. T. Stetson of the Astronomical Laboratory, as an indication that the peak of the number and size of sunspots for this year will be reached sometime within the next week...
Among the new appointments at the Museum are: Ludlow Griscom, A.M., formerly with the American Museum of National History, research collector in zoology; Frederic H. Kennard '08, and Arthur C. Bent '89, associates in ornithology; Henry C. Stetson '23, A.M. '26, assistant curator of paleontology...