The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-03

house crying out: Papa. mamma. com.
out directly, The moon has fallen down
from the sky and j. sticking In Minnermann's
'ree!" The reports 80 far received ind cate
TIM this frchall fell 10 ear.h in the southern
part OF Oldenburg
NEW BINARY STARS DISCOVERED nv rss
~PEC1H s,oPF.
The Lick Observatory announces the dis
coNery Of eight binary stars. discovered by
spectro.copy. in addition to sixteen other.
Of the same sort. previously announced
They are:
/. ~ Psrssi.
=. NJ trsT Mayors
3. ~ L'outs
4. Il Boohs.
3. Beta Scur.
a I3 Hcrcuh,
:. ? Scuh
5. Ita Andron,d1
No. ? is triple. The principal pair Is the
well-known visual binary Of a period Of sixty
wears.
RESULTS OF THE ECLIPSE EXPEDITION OF
: THE YERKEs OBSERVATORY.
Pros. Frost Of the Yerkes Observatory
summarizes the conclusions reached by tho
eclipse eN expedition Of May last. as follows:
and d1 Il, 'Ip'ticn,S; grn',raliy Of sir Norman Iocky.r
may hr Obtained without much II sk Of faiirfe BY ths
en~ploym'nto Of the simple objective prism camera.
,I,tsd n ' mo. ,Gat 'ht r9ncsy, gislins' us,d direct.
srflrIenhy bright images Of The nash sp-cta. and
g,nOa6y ~ u" corona. for useful measurement and
- .pp.stT trs, sptc,r. photographed with ,uch
thirty .eronds OF III" times ~ contact. Weld a,ite az
'aIua.l' results A. those taken at tue precise 'ns'anis
II is demonstrated that NE stronger dark line,
,,nr'oar Sl,ritnr ntt N a large proportion reversed
'na VI. e'iftnc, Indicates that this is equally tru-
darn line. az cniery d." 10 an Increase in N. irien.
sues o' the former. especially for such elements -
ties Of the latter
Ths chemical ors n q The ,c.,t linz. which ar.
most nums'0uS'v represented In the spectrum This
,rndS TO- 'hg' ihni y. reversal is not an Inherent
'non 81 liE'N ir general
CrHE or nrsrRMPtE IL DOCS
recent number of the Proceeding. ~ ths
Royal Society Of London describes a success.
ful attempt Ia Isolate the micro-organism
responsible FOR dis'emper I'm dog. DR..
'opeman has Isolated a small occo-bacillus
that can be readily cultivated. and IL
derived from the sccretiUn, Of distempered
animals An Inspection OF n broth culturs
81 ms bacillus produces tho disease and
vacCln" has been prepared which is a pro-
are being carried uut on a large scale and
there seems 20 be- littlo doubt that does can
now hr made immune 10 this very common
and often fatal disease
THF r~.srFUrIzAIrOS or MIX.
Experiments a. tho agricultural station
of the University Of Wisconsin on the Their
nal death point or the tIhorcle bacillus show
hat a. Exposure Of tuhercul0lS milk
in a tightly closed commercial pasteurizer
FOR ten minutes destroyed. in every case.
'he bacillus. ~ I udeT certain conditions
the bacillus may resist ihc action of heat at
H. d"sTe"S cent grade fur considerable
periods 'H In order % pasieurlzc milk
thoroughly without inllrng its Dreaming
properties or CunSis nov. ~ should ha heated
IN clo~"d pHst"uu2"r- for uo' less than twenty
minute ~ ~ degrees t"nilsrude.
TnE s~oLARCoRoSs rNTRA-MEECI mu rLAHrp
A. the February meeting Of the Phllo.oph-
icHl { r.c'v ~ Washington Dr Langley rec
ported IN IA" results uf the observation. Of
tho Snlithsou an Institution expedition -
ohsorvr the "olipS" of the >un on MAY IS last,
J. Hpp"n-s that ~" heat from thc corona wac
Ny.-sghtv-0fJl~ "f the heat received from
81" fun In"Cu FROM q study of the Circum-
stance. 'i 80" - "oHps" IL vas concluded
TINT a. IN ~lWlff1 "Clip~" in NAV, 1901,
-frr - lam ~ uIr'h magnitude" could 10
lau'tSfdTura 81 important point In con-
nrctIuu win he search Tor an intra-Ner-
CIr.Hl IlS.rt li"a.' uiuln -uppoSltiOn. az
=. 'ua briiIIu''. u' ,uCu Il body ludipnt" that
.'r uiiul''"" tuiSli D." about Oh -ona-hun-
drcd'hInrtp ''lqt e Mercury, and its apparent
thrTT1u.p buG' Ike this. or even \ swarm
oil -lI'h hoC!"s. would not he seen in transit
on the solar l.-a ana could only he detected
hr photography during a total eclir.>