New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-02
COAST SURVEY REDEEMED
M pR1TCHETT ASSUMES CHARGE OF
THE WORK

-,- ,p-s1pENr AND SECRETARY GAGE DETER
MIXED THAT THE BUREAU SHALL Pc CON
nrcrEp oH SCIENTIFIC AND BUSINESS
PRIHcIPLEs-F1TNEss OF THE
.rw CHEF FOR THE TASK
ley TELEGRAPH 10 TIRE TRIBUHEJ
Wellington. Dec DIR. Henry s. PThcheu.
,,,no the President appointed 70 succeed "e ''.
rs3e,d as superintendent Of the tAi'e" go
rlas. and Ceodeuc Survey ahout month "bo'
u..o1teed and assumed charge Of the Bureau TO-
80, ,rbero was great rejoicing among the emp!o!eS
=. .ba bureau and Or Pr;chctt received heaIV
welcome. ,o..,ao circles
7, viii he highly gratifying 10 scen''ic cHcr
80 tho friends of mis- bureau ~ learn 'ia' 90.
president and Secretary Gage arc "c'ei mn" '
49,, puroau shall he conducte. sciehtiic avn
uoso ,r,,cl,los and TIA; their pans Will he car
,o1 ont, DR. pri,chett was selected ent1reiy o" 'ne
.,-oc,d,,ions OF scientific men. regardless Oh
their political views -. - Anvil
Or Pritchett was horn in Fayetc' NO. o" "',"
&c 1851 few years later his fatheT '"o'rr
cioscow Mo. where he founded the Pri'chett ihS''-
.u,e now the Pritchc;t College ana II va
| ,rs,,,u+ion tina. DR. Pr!tche;t received MS cary
ducaticn In 1876 he came 10 Washington anu oo''''
nod his mathematical and astrohoini. a. So,
dor the tuition Of Professor Asaph HAM, VI "
Observatory. In 1873 he was appoint" "''''"" T.,
,ronomer IN the Naval Observatory pu' ie''s, "
nd
>,orr,son Observatory At Glasgow. MO. III '' ~
.s ,,,onted professor OF astronomy III " asns
80, I-n,versi,v ST. Louis. where he coh'l""eu va
Mt, annointmen, as superintendent OF me 'o"s' ""-
rooao,,, Survey DR. Pritchett is always v" W
a,er, and knows no idle moments. IN Huu','o.
h,s duties In the University ne hdS '
as. omount of other work In both t'ieo'e'-
ical and practical lines He mas pno''s'. -,
- ,n,,ne which may be mentioned ''oso ~
30 determination OF the mass Of Mars an 'oa,,
cation NJ ,he rotation period OF Jupiter ''' 49,
=. 40 o.,,nses Of the satellites OF Saturn anu ",
Lore ~, observations OF double stars III ~ ~"
ooaosv no has determined latiudes io' ''o
,o,,cal Survey and taken part III '""e
,o,rna,,ons with the parties OF ooth Tue
and the Coast and Geodeiic surveys AZ .or, IN
o,o of the astronomers in the parry ,, 81,
Auckland New Zealand. 10 oosei' ..,,or wa .
Vienna and when the work OF ''"' -,a.a,,
competed he was app9hseMIr vc "r ana accompanied
~ nor,v 10 determine gravy 49, Japan and
Koter penduums in AustTaha i.r1yersity he found
,iye many lectures and publish many ,Ssi he
some OF which nave been NJ ~, louis Academy Of
was eec'ep ,sS, he went TO Europe anu an. a. re-
Nnnich University carried on apnhuosanhy In his
ceived the degree OF poc,o. conaned TO onomy,
hnt was in constant contact "'tH ''e
geodesy ana P,ch /, will he seen that Dr lrI', ,r
ro, bah training we'll calculated i 20 sur
Superintendent OF the Toas man and an excellent
vey lie Is and there is little douot ,na' ,ne
latter qualification had greA1T h" Administration
Secretary in his seect'on' ,or,mna;e choice. DR.:
Is 70 be MI No warmly welcomed ana S Nm,
by his many friends al OF TsP worthy successor
success in MS ntwSSenbsli whose admirable admin
,straiion OF the Bureau from 1877 ~
remembered.