, 1879-02-01
SCIENCE IN 1873.
FroGrras Made In Astronomical md rhyal.
cnt RnsearcE-WondevA Of tho Sun and Of
the WorkatIop.

s ~ s,.,' ssa ~ s., s.e',.as WITS ., lnc
pAet ,sas "'''s "4H 'ouA ~ "ny 10 VIC ''E!'t
through TUG many scientific societies oil over ',c
world would pretty well occupy an issuc OF tlls
paper. hut this multitude Of organizations by
mn tnrsns ahsorhe .,i ,l,r .cn,t1 tror,r ~ Nm
.or,d ,,,nurh ,ro,.,,i,. a,as, ~ l.. n.s,,,.,"s
., "oo. NMo"s" puos nu o'"s. W - l4'la.es ..e
toward them. There IA host OF scientific
periodicals. homo nn,i forcIln, quite tndepcn-
tleut OF tic suctctfes, which nre o{tcu the
nr.t ,o r,vc n t,,c tyo,ln tc ro.,it. of rc.c,rc
Of the arst Importance. In thjs intensely srIen.
tulc nsc cten tic daily press Ia sometimes tic
first to announce scientific discoveries Ut the
f,rst tnunrtsurc. a. wItuc.s the anuo,1ncrmcnts
NJ r1l.o,,s insortt,,n. W. onr..1v.* 49, ,,..
y. nasoAs %, nsen''ons wv. ~. wv uusssNss' "o ne'
he7e "e1e Tic 1!Est. Ill tnls county a. least. 10
publish, about year ago, The news Of tue itque-
faction Of the " "pcrtnauct u Rasss, Our readers
must tre .,,at Il fe tonc,ess .ask to rive cor,-
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VIC" Poi11oot uic Rtea'cet '''.eo' N'ee'ano l''at
mainly In respect OF TIE work donr In our own
country. The principal scientific "cgcntn
Of tho ycar was. however, without Tia
that tlc ArncricA, astronomers "gut
up" the cclipse OF July - to gtvo them
selves and tlsir English ecntreres On excuse for
holiday. THO results Of th!s eclipse have been
has cnabled rs to obtan uiotc definite knawl.
edge of tic character Of tho Bun'a activity, OF
the true nature Of Ills wonderful aipcudarc, tlu
CORONA, qlL pos,!bfy, also. Of tl'e orlsin Of the
onlers and Of the general public" probably y
more interesting result was tue discovery Of
onr, II uot two, inLEa-merrnrial planets. There
can b little doabt, we th!uk. a. to t,e aesuruey
announced that an American tclcntfat 1--WE wish
we knew OF a moru palatah!e terln} lrut, Duyi-
son, has Invented a tnetlod ot observing the re:
gt!,, rear ,ls sun without ali eclipse. which, Il
bwtt's observations buy0nd cavII. 1n.lepesii-
eutly Of the eclipse, the spertrusc1po ultl photo
CrnphIc observation Of the sln has been actively
carried on during tho past a. ysar' espee!4!ly ty
Italy, tic former having inycntca d most tn
gonions apparatus, lilo photo-hctlogrnph, by
nlcans Vi which hc 10 able to obtain larger aud
disk than ever were obtained before.
soLAH OXYGEN,
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b,v t,en nhtaincd nCrIr. ,x ,,,at ., INV
wnrks nho,ov1anbInW fin sneeira IF tnc ti,rI
Mosa' puoIoxsapMe .s suIs ~ ~. ~ Lieu
,'., - s'.r ,.,,a"rvn,tn, ~ In in.t ,hItsM.a
nrst mart ~ IN" 4 pnnjtratons II III, 4a.;r,,.
pn,.an" v nc" A ct''in,;n oh.sryat,nns
" to.nunn. s SonsAH 1H9 m1 oTscas asasIuns ,u-1 ~
h1 ~ snnrer ranc, acknowledgements ~ i. ,Ic
~ ~. opotet. n.arst T. a.."ate.nlens . y. sns
..s.,.,.
''n."rvnr. W. cons,". IL, ,,r1or ,nI,iaa,,
.ss 'sat 49, Msa ~ ~, t"st,r H.. ..a, 80
..s n1e.s M na..,,. Itnsart WI WniI. II @
T' 's , 'ti.n1 ~, III ,at''snt
NuIs1nt Ia3o, N'.A pt..Ht :, ~ aG euu.spu.
pet.oM ata rs suppos.'a c1oMecn s, "ta certain
telresss,ai phennnsha' Jeyons nas pasuo o.t
WY, "aso. eany W9 ivo Lu,. m., fa,c
WIN WIN u II @ cLtse "a1'n WY n .Ia.ss' .'
Attnonen 1ae t1ans't " 5 a!sleu!5 ,M mas nnt uIc
ampotlaat peae!ngs atthenlnR ~ .Ac GseaL ~
tle cAse o! u. s.atct p'o.et se"ua. s'.a
sseat oaosat s1,t, satus, ,,a.,.a uu 'A. r,os ~
aad Alne5ean ast,ohotness % , Us a Weather @ a,n
othef conui!ions Wou'o antn't. E!eyeh iicW nj
mor paasIs nave oeen aMsu r, 70 ". a.reany !ome
sn aus'nx uS Ihsnc IaSo,ns ~" nnst W.
those o. Asapa iia.i on % tNe eatott!tes o. MARS
shoalu u metttloneu. Iha announcement ,ilat
noW erItcr naa necn ~ atgoserca ~, et ~ ams 'hooS
astoau o .s s ~ VI" ts, as; @ COO 20,
reflection showed tuat yoiea.atc aet!on leeo l'ot
neeess1t'y W st!ppuse'1 y w. ~ ~; otltutl ~
r. ing RaQ.tcatson ,,.: =, Nomeomna IDS i.uhht
Heeeatehcs, 10 ~ aunt'on u Eleat vains 70
n r,,'dt ~ M a,n a',e c.as T.:
seslit Q! mess'y nat csutasya mo.A. H. ~ ~, Gun
necston wlth astronomy We should note t'ln r..
ofEanzat'on g. uas tat!s UoserVslofy Ally ttie
summary q tbs transit q vsnas eSservst'oa. u
iar ~ they bear on ttle s;1n's a!statIee.
Aa. LoGk1Ens Tnkoiies.
FROM tle peWllnet!nEii "!le aiu HaFleu he'A
81 phYs!rs We sAt'noi hops TO n!nck ANYTHING
two u tue tuost PROMINENT iaWcrs OF research
tt,at haye boss.nea aasinr lha past ySaf. ar
Lockrsrs ilpiie!t an,louneesnent VI ttte anuli'
t'a'l u tlle elements u untyorsa 70 IT. bearings
but belongs especially to physics by the method
ot rcseareh followed. Mr. Iockyer DOES not
pFtlund tu llaVa co'llninteu l!is bFle1s and at
th!s tho preliminary l!s annouhcsiilent
1t Il to ba cxpeIted tas tc "ul!t:i INJECT with aa-
Yyr6U utIu CTtH utpfccILUft eflLftBll. IliItC IS