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...means of photographs, through a new 13-inch "Triplet", the most powerful telescope of its class, that the discovery was made at the Lowell Observatory, and the Harvard Observatory, in its role of distributor of the astronomical news of the Western Hemisphere, is sending word of the discovery to the observatories of the other continents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Planet, Ninth of Solar System, Discovered by Arizona Observatory---President Lowell's Brother Credited With Find | 3/14/1930 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Feb. 24, 1930 | 2/24/1930 | See Source »

Augusto R. Leguia, President of Peru, learning that Rosa Vega, young Lima maidservant, had borne triplet boys, sent her a present of money, assured her his government would provide their education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 28, 1929 | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

Pleasing to II Duce was the deed of one Signora Neriva Cavassa of Bologna who, last week, gave birth to triplet sons and named them "Pio," "Benito" and "Vittorio Emanuele," after Pope, Dictator, King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Political Incompatibility | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

...first new mounting for the Harvard telescopes in the south was shipped some months ago and is now being installed. It was procured for the 10-inch Metcalf triplet, an instrument specially suitable for studies of the faint Milky Way variable stars. The next new mounting to go south will be that of the new 60-inch reflecting telescope, which is to be the largest astronomical instrument in the southern hemisphere. Both the mirror and the mounting are in process of construction in Pittsburgh, and the mounting will probably be shipped before the end of the calendar year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shapley Describes Equipment of Laboratory in South Africa--Observatory Receives Several Small Telescopes | 6/16/1928 | See Source »

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