New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-23
THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER %. 1882
DAILY CRESCENT.
g+5 OFFICIAL JOURNAL
oR THG CONSOLIDATED CITY OF NEW oRLEANs.

" THE CONSOLIDATED CITY OF NEW OKLSANs.
A REMARKABLE IssrnuMESr. We. spoke, recently. |
briefly Of Pianetarium on exhibition at the Ne
chancs Hall in this city It is much wonderful than
any idea Of 1t description could possibly convey The
author oft (r Barlow shows himself in his work. at
once the perfect mechanic and learned astronomer But
will let others at give It's commendation and an
idea Of It.
l. Stephens, instructor in Mathematics in Grard Col
lege, Philadelphia, says
Deer Sr-Permt to express to you my qualification
that the Panetarium invented has been obtained
for the Of the Girard College Every must admire
the ingenuity BY which you have been able 2
produce accurately the revolutions Of the inferior planets
the earth and the through long period Of
but teacher must particularly rejoice to find himself
young student the Important laws and motionscf
solar system with cearness and accuracy To recog
bodies by unasted observation Of Nature has always
proved iDsurmountable difficulty to young students
but your presenting the planets sun and moon
in their relative positions the EARTH and to each
Other at hour OF the enables the youth Mt
time to turn intelgentiy from the illustration to the
heavensfrom the miniature to the reality The inciina-
ton of the earths axis and her annual and diurnal mo-
ons being accurately given s the phenomena OF sea
sons and Of day and night in sre OF
self demonstrated by this Panearnm as also are
the ecpses aud phases of the and the ransits Of
Mercury and Venus
real Panetaru and therefore the FIRST Of much real
utility for the purpose Of instruction. would express the
hope that the benefit Of invention soon De
brought within the reach OF a our ngner scnoos no Less
sAa 'ui s''ess' Jn.s,,s.r; i; No,hsmstcs
To Thomas d BARLOW Esn
The President of the same College and the Professors
the Central High School of phsdelphia bear the same
testimony to the merit, of this fine mechanical demon
strator. He tYi lF04 ~
j i Riddel D. B. DeBow @. W. Sears Professors in
the University Of Louisiana furnish the following
The undersigned having inspected Barow's Planeta-
rum. put up in the Mechsncs' Institute concur IN
the opinion tnat possesses ior us ~ am
that n IL ,o nvtno of the kind they have
| ever before eeenD
As to hoped that this valuable scientific instru
ment may be retained in this city cheeruly aid in
securing result by the publication of the following
| from Committee of the Mechanics' Institute: % '
| Il =gs.- NEwoRLEAss, Dec, 1852
The Mechanics Institute of this city have now IA
of its rooms for exhibition Barlows Panetatium After
an examination Of this truly wonderful piece Of mechan
ism and the evidences of the most eminent astronomers
in to ts merits the Institution desire to its
use for the benefit of the people of this city
Mr. Barlow has in his possession other evidences from
the first scholars in the nation (which he is ready to
tn ny one, going to prove that his Papetarium is new
n far ANYTHING of the kind in the world
Aztronomv leading to tha contamination of the mos
wonderful works Of Author of Nature has, from the EARL
est times attracted the attention Of all the civilized
tions hut from inherent difcues-from the complica
ted movements of the heavenly bodies a knowledge
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