The morning call., 1892-09-05
fifth THE lSTROIoiIERS.
iieoa % / and l... Stars Seen. Through the
!. Lick Telescope. ..
QUEER HiRKlses. OF MRS.
Retails= Of an. Interesting a9tiRg-Has Jupiter
Il. + Polar CAP Exhibits for. the !: +:
Il: {. ....= =:'..:-. & World 5: Fair

v =
= twenty lakes in this region but in:tlle mid
= d le of. :August.one Of these suddenly disap-
peared::" I. Instead of-''tWenty" lakes it
should haveread 81 o'. =: T.
+. With: this CORRECTION some further refer
|. .et1ce TO the meeting VIII he in order.
/: ON Saturday morning a reporter of The
!. CALI+j Joined a partyean posed Of members
OF the society. Under the chapereuage Of
/ >Secretary.F. r. *ZjeI, and. made the trip to
tile. observatory; The trip has SO often teen
|: described. that it.is unnecessafy TO more
/ titan lneHti0n the fact. Bot il s:someththg
+ that can:be repeated again AiIG@again with
+ out Incoming: fiat. stale and: unpr0ftabEe.:
/ HE beautiful Santa Gaia valley. with Its
immense Orchards and vineyards, the tiers
ppen: tiers Of. hiI1s, the deep; canyons. and
last but not least: Of ell Yhe magnificent view
E.fren*tileitop of Af9upt Hamilton, a. form a
series Of eIirAantiflg pictures to please tie
most fastfdlaNs. There is only enc draw
1 back; TO the trip and that is the Immense
volume of dust. butif .nne should <hdve=the
f0retliought TO: put:on an old suit atld dust
coat~lie .needzn0t worry. about Tie Dust. ::
>.'Yhe party; was cordially greeted by Pro-
lessons Holden, Sch aenerle:.a aud Campbell.
and, after vigorously brushing Off the dust,
tQgetheT. About half an: bour. afterward
the general meeting was beld,: the main
features: of WHICH appeared in THF CALL
of Yesterday. -.
Tie following were elected members OF
the secfety:. Charles. Altsehul. ID. p. Bel
knNpi Jiseph G: Eassand. @f'fotess3r L!lis
Lisser, Roger b; Magee, stephen II: Smith,
s. H<Strite, j. T.. Treandr, San Francisco !;
|: .isjiwln ReTgh, Mrs; JOHN j. Chapman. c..
H.. CochEaba. Miss DnnhaT. New fork /;
Dr. Ge0TRe: w: Cock, Judge G. NJ. Hawley.
|" Chicago: ::ElmerA. Ailur, Ann Arbor, Mich. !;
10 n =
| Haas. Berkeley, Cal; Henry 5. Hubert,
G. Puddefoot. .Dttrait,' Miet, Nels john
son.. Man istee. Mich; franklin. Fair
banks; ST. 3nhnsbuFy, VT; W. C..
| GufIey, ;MafIetta, OHIO; :: Miss Florence
Bayard Kane, j Philadelphia, Pa. Frank E.
| Iiunf, Les angeles, Cal. I.;Professor f. Mil
| .ler Kansas University; Milo ii. Miller.
AEcKees port. Pd.; Qxf0rd College, Oxford,
Ohio; e. NJ Antonfadi, Cgnstantinoele,
E}rnrkey; J: Bassett, Stoke Newington, Eng
iand:. f. II. Pennington Shrewsbury, Eng
land. Robert: Isaac. flnnemore, DuF6ap,
Natal; sir Geerga Grey. Auckland, New
| Zealafld :HenIv e. HaNtrey. Isle of Wight
+ Englahd;. FRI .K0erpen; Berlin, Germany :;
8rtnur Nee, EIAnefly, w aIcs; Dr.. T..
/ Steele, Slfeld9p. MacClesfeld. England Rev.
George Stokes, fslew0r1h, Midd iesex. Eng
land<; CG1nnel b. >Wltkoysky, ST. Peters
/ Burg RGs3ias 49,
/ :: Secretary Ziel reported that the society
-hati received q number OF presents since tie
previous meeti1rg; among them an enlarge
ment Of the moon :on glass and.an enlarge
:meilt Of Jupiter from the I4lck Observatory,
7 aiso a coflcction of the Lick Observatory
| and its inStru hlents. -
/ Severalpapers were presented, but their
|: reading Was dispensed with as they were
|. merely technical In character.
|. :: Regarding Professor SchaebeFle's i'm
p0rtan t. ann Gureemento on the results Of his
observations of. Mars. the professor was
| zlot,, hat lar nv
ing his own. Individual opinion, None of
the. professors had cOmBared drawings nor
|: had they discussed the results arrived at. ..
He has started an entirely new theory.
which is in direct GontTaditiOn of the theory
advanced by Schiapart hi as to the relative
porti6nSa.o land and water on Mars.
SchiaparelH :c&aims, as WAS stated in YES
.terday's .repert, that the red poFtien is land
!. and The dark pOrI is: waller; but Schae-
bcrlets opinion is exactly the reverse, and
|. his: argument appears 10. be uuans nswerable.
II will be interesting 10 know, after all the
observations. have: been made aud the OBJ
servers had time to sGm~up, what the con-
l.;senslrs of opluion is on this new theory.
That:will probably be about the beginning
Of October -::TIescientidc world will in the
meantime aifxiously await the result.
~ Th6 addresses, accompanied by Illustra-
| tiohs:of: Professors Campbell and Sthae-
/ berie. and the paper read by their co.
worker, S. D.. TOwrley, were keenly en-
:ioyedby the:members Of the society present.
a few words about tile society will not be
'out of. place. 1t was founded February, Z,
! 1889. as a result Of The cordial cooperation
of amateur and professional astronomers in,
Success fully observing the total solar eclipse
of the preceding New y ears day. 1t seeks
/ 10 continue that association both as scieu-
/ tifc and IS a social force. 1t is designed to
! be popHlar in the best sense OF the term.
Any PERSON VINO takes genuine interest in
TOD IN Nor
| whether Ire has:nade special studies in this
| directions or not: 1t is believed that every
| .sjlc! person will get, and will feel that he
| gets, fufl return from the society through
| its meetings or through its publications.,
l-0uIie a hilmher of:iadieS are members OF
| tie society, Sixameetngs are held yearly,
three at tile rooms of the society this city
| and three at the LiekObseryatOry. Tile So.
l. ciety has membership of nearly 800
I After the adjournment of the general
m eetiAg each of. .rhe professors entertained
! several of the members to dinner. Then
| came the. great treat Of all, they were
! afforded the 0pportunitY,+0 Of seeing and
:using.the world-famed Instruments. Only
| am amateur as stropOmer can thoroughly au-;
|: preciate the advantage of gazing upon the
starry armament through tile great tele-
+ scope. It<was a strange sight the dark in
| terror of: the dome relieved only by the
| Light from the small aperature in the roof.
I the giant Instrument faiptly outlined and
the figures oi men and women moving
| noiSelessly %abnut, ~and then 10 hear the
! calculations of surprise and wonder from
! the stars gazers -as. they took their turn at
| :the Instrument. -
| EThrouGh the: big telescope. the moon at
| frstlooks to the unframed eye of one whe
| is. not ali astronomer a: round mass OF
| whiteness.. AS the eye becomes more ac-
|. cuStOned to the surr0undfugS luna looks
| Ikea large; piece Of carved plaster Of Paris
do RI ayf a
/ of it. Jupiter. on theeontrary, is:a dazzler.
| The beautitul orange .anddark purple rings
| and.other distfifgQiS habIe phenomena are
simply entranefpg, Enough has been said
| about Mars already. The professors were
I satisf ed with what they saw OF the oceulta-
| tfnn. nd: so were those of the amateurs who
| were fortunate enough tu get a flying
| glimpse at him aud tile: moon during that
+ interesting perior.: *...:..... ...
T. Speaking of Jupiter, it was said, on the
|. journey back to the city yesterday, that one
| of the observers had discovered that lie had
| a. polar. car; which. is something entirely
new. Thei scientific world Will know In
/ tinle.w bether such:is The case and what de-
/ ductionS are tQtellow therefrem. IF
The big dome.is only open one. night In
| the week TO Visitors, VIZ, Saturday. between
/ Z. and 10 o'clock: LaStSatarday night there
| were .15O'vtsitors. The number OF visitors
T TO tile observatory for the year averages
|. about Soa0.. -
| Professor Holden Is: prenaring some ex-
| ceedingly :. Interesting pictures for the
| ,Mnrld's Fair. These will include photo
| graphs .ef:craters on the moon, INCLUDING
the crater noticed by Professor l.. Weinek
/ OF Prague on a: pllotegraph of tile moon ON
/ glass;: tax EN- on Augnst2 q. 1888. in the focus
| Of the great telescope. at.tho Lick Obserya-
+ tory, and which was not previously shown
ON any :of the maps. These photographs
! will cover. d large frame nine feet in diam
| etar. There Will also be a number Of
| photos of Jupiter. all : put: In to-
/ eether, also about 100 photos of the
meen, with one very. much enlarged. A
| splendid view of the observatory and IA
i wooden model will also be among the ex-
!: bibits.. IL view OF the w0rld-wfde interest
| In Mars TIIE. GALE. REPRESENTATIVES slfg-
49, = :. ;.s tlri q e.