Word: stroemgren
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...discovery of Diamaca's Comet. Diamaca, a Rumanian amateur, cabled his news to Harvard by way of Denmark and Switzerland. A U.S. Navy officer promptly called on Professor Shapley. What, the Navy wanted to know, was the meaning of the last two words in the cable: "Popovici Stroemgren." After a long, exhausting grilling. Professor Shapley finally convinced the suspicious officer that the two names were merely the signatures of the royal astronomers of Rumania and Denmark, respectively...
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