The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-21
KENOsHA WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, MAY p, 1874

we shall attempt, as the Russians have
have undertaken to hold line across the
Asiatic dominion The Americans will
occupy the Mcdonald Islands in the far
south, and if they can effect q landing,
the Astronomer Royal, Sir George Airy
wno is the organizer and director of our
English parties. has, with the concurrence
of the Ad airaltY, wisely determined that
no party Of astronomers shall be sent to
any station where there are no human
beings, and where a boat could not land
lat least once month. At two stationsouly
one or other of these conditionsis untitled
Kerguelen's Land there are n6inhabt-
ants, and at Rodriguez there is no safe
anchorage. From ageometr1cal point o.
view these have excluded many islands
favorably situ4ted but the Weldon an a
humanity of the course pursued cannot
be questioned. af3
THE ENGLISH STATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS
Alexandria, or some station in Egypt
which Is connected with the telegraph.
Here Captain Browne, r. A., will be chief
astronomer, and have two assistants, one
of whom. Captain Abney r. E., will be
in Photographic arrang ements At Hen-
oulu, Captain Tupman, r M. A., will be
chief. He will have nine gentlemen ua-
der his command, detatchments from
whom will be sent to different Islands
to insure greater chances of good obser-
vations. 81 8an sos 81 .ns4 44
At Rodriguez. Lieutenant Neate, N. N,
will be in charge Mr.. Burton. late
rssistsnt in Lord Ross observatory, will
be in charge Of the photography. To
Kerguelen's Land the Rev. Father Per-
Iry, known in scientific circles for his
magnetic charts of France aud Belgium,
will be accompanied pY the Rev, Father
Ledgreaves. Of Stonyhurst College, and
| three other assistants. One section OF
this party will occupy Christmas Harbor
while another, under Lieutenant Corbet
r. NJ will be detached to more South.
ern part of the and. The station in New
Zealand will be in charge of Maier Pal
mel, r. &c., of Sinaiic reputation, with
Lieutenant Darwin, r. e., as his principal
assistanc. Mauritius will be occupied
in force by an independent expedition
under Lord Lindsay, whence must val
liable set Of observations may be ex-
pected. Colonel Tenant, R. E., ha:
been deputed by the Indian Government
to head party at Peshawur "a locality
which is very favorable, the parallax and
height Of the sun being almost at theil
maxima, From cansual glance at the
map which Mr.. Proctor has given to the
public by which to study the most favor
able localities for observation, it seems 8
matter fer regret that some nation has
not sent on. astronomers to Teheran or
Khiva, which are nearly as good station:
as Peshawur. The Shah's late visit Il
Europe, and the last Russian expedition
might have been turned to good scientific
&
account.
It is proposed to take photograph
every
TWO MINUTES DURING THE TRANSIT
of Venus, and thus series OF permanent
land trustworthy records will be register
led. We believe it is intended to repro
/ duce these by an after process, and tc
send each home in different shirs. Fiji
teen sappers, who have all been trained
in photography at the Engineer Schoo
at Chatham, will be distributed among
the five firstenamed stations The most
laborious operation which each: party has
to undertake is the finding ,ofth e exaci
longitude of each station. With the ex-
ception Of Egypt, Mauritius, and perhaps
Peshawur, this will be calculated from
observations Of the moon. These W ill be
compared with the records Of the moons
place as registered at Greenwich on the
same day, and completed a. the Boyal Oh
serYatory. 1t will require three months or
.lunatioLs" before the transit and three
after to obtain satisfactory and accurate
results.
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