Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-07-31
WILMINGTONIAN
MAKES A GIFT
President Savery Of Board OF
Trade Interested in Sci
entihc Work
TO PHOTOGRAPH THE STARS

Thomas II. savery. Of this city. presi>
dent Of the Board Of Trade. president of
the Pusey and Jones Company and presi-
dent Of the Rocky Mountain Paper coms
pany has made gift Of four lots over
looisIag Colorado Springs. to the Western
Association Of Stellar Photography. Fol-
lowing the announcement OF the gift
comes the news that buildings and an
observatory giving Colorado one Of ths
finest stations in the world In that branch
OF scientific VIII be erected there.
From the plains at the foot Of Pixies
Peak, under the supervision OF Harvard
University the heavens will be photo
graphed with cameras and apparatus. the
best human skill has produced.
The Denver. Colorado Post OF July q
has the following to say on the subiect
Mr.. saverys gift to the association, oG
which Director Il. C. Pickering Of Har-
ward College observatory, Is president,
and Herbert A. Howe. director Of the
Chamberln observatory. Denver. vice.
president. was made yesterday. c. p.
] ANnNtlN vi ANiNAAAN hIAlH"f NAH'WAhr ~
the deeds. The property, consisting Of lots
Q, 10. II. and ~, IN block Ss, Grand View
addition. the north half Of the southwest
quarter OF the block, Is made the prop
erty Of the association by deed convey
ing a title IN fee simple. free Of encum-
hrance. except the proviso that II the as
sociauon shall at any time become ex-
tlnct without legal successor or shall
permanently abandon the work Of astron-
omical observation and research the titie
shall reverb to Mr. savery or his heirs.
GROUNDS TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
It Is further agreed on the part OF the
association that tho grounds shall be
beautlhed by trees and buildings In which
! viii be housed the costly Instruments
Mr.. Slavery returned from Colorado
Springs this morning.
"The site for the observatory is east OF
J. Colorado college and clear Of the city,
r he said "The lots. which have owned
? for some time. are near the end OF thu
d car line. Although away from the city
e they are OF easy access.
4 Il have been interested in the work
Prof. Pickering. Dean Howe and others
IS have been doing in stellar photography
- tthn aiA hiNNiNtV ~ VIC oNNni UNITY on as
Ie sistiun
lr There D. another station OF this ma,
# ture In Peru and the success attending
n the work there has led to the determine.
& tion TO establish another station In this
country. The selection or Colorado
(, Springs IS made because Of the superior
g atmospheric condition. the climate, tn,
j. altitude and the fact that the close
], proximity OF the mountains prevents
Is vibrations Of the earth. In the expert.
!. ments to determine the fitness Of Col.
] orado Springs as the location much
fine machinery. now housed I'm a lit.
- tie shed-liSe building. has been sen.
from Harvard
= MEANS MUCH TO STATE
'The establishing Of the station bert
means that the eyes OF the scieneih,
world will be turned on Colorado an,
results will be watched with interes
wherever there) is man whose mint
runs to things astronomic
The site is~close to that selected bI
n Nilola Tesla Afor his experiments II
= wireless telegrahpy when he was in tn,
Pixies Peak region few years ago
Mr.. Savery says that no doubt a I'm,
building viii beterected. The officers o.
the association will start immediasel,
on the work of lraising the funds ans
making arrangements to begin work OF
a permanent and important scale.
The station will be equipped with tn
ID finest stellar camera purohasable ans
Is other Instruments. selected by Bar
n ward, in keeping with the truly wonder
he ful mechanism by which the photo
II graphs are made. The camera is oper
r ated by an electric clock which is In
ne different building from the telesGop
re and camera. The telescope is made 4
IN revolve so that Il is constantly and ac
curately following that part of tn
m heavens being photographed. The par
~ ticular advantage OF the Colorad
65 Springs location is that long exposure
nj of from four to six hours may be had
ar 1t is due to this that such success ha
Y. attended the photographing of the star
ne in the milky way. among the furthes
d. from the earth. whose rays of like tax
IS 200 years TO reach the eye.
The camera is so nicely adjusted tina
IA the constant charge in position Of cart
lis and heavenly bodies is followed exact
to Is. Thus at rccn. the Telescope an
of camera will be pointing 60 The ground
a since the stars are on the other side o
n the globe