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...present classic condition of Irish society is shown by the following from a Dublin paper: "Lost, a cameo brooch, representing Venus and Adonis while walking in Sandymount (near Dublin) on Sunday last...
...young gentleman was passing an examination in physics. He was asked, "What planets were known to the ancients?" "Well, sir," he responded, "there were Venus and Jupiter, and (after a pause) "I think the earth, but I am not quite certain...
Like Cytherean Venus, formed...
Fortunately the tower of our new law building, on which is to be our observatory, was open on Dec. 6th, when Venus took her skip across the sun's face. The winding staircases leading to the top were crowded all day long with students desirous of observing the transit through Prof. Lee's equatorial refractor. Your correspondent ruined his constitution by a climb along with the rest of the eager star-gazers. He was exceedingly disappointed with his observations and obtained about as much satisfaction as he would had he gazed through a sheet of smoked...
...American observations of the transit of Venus at Santiago were very successful. All the contacts were observed, and the photographs and measurements taken were alike successful...