The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-24
Answers to Queries

SUNRISE AND SUNSET-Subscriber, City.
Please explain why it is that the sun sets one
the days begin TO lengthen. and that for some
time after that date the sun does not rise
earlier than on December %?
Your question was submitted to the
Lick Observatory and the following is
the explanation kindly furnished by r.
q. Aitken, in charge:
In answer to your query why the
sun does not rise earlier for some time
after the 22d of December, when the
days begin to lengthen, I would say
that the time of sunrise and sunset for
an observer at a given station on the
earth depends upon the suns apparent
motion in the sky. In general for an
observer in the northern hemisphere,
the sun rises earlier and sets later as
it moves northward. and the contrary
when it moves southwark. But about
the 22d of December, when il has
reached its farthest south point and
starts north. the eastward motion of
the sun through the sky. which oper-
ates to retard the time of both sunrise
and sunset, will Offset the gain made in
the sunrise time by the slight norther-
~ motion; whereas the two causes
work together to retard the time of
sunset, thus making the day longer.
The contrary effect obtains about the
21st of June, when the eastwardly mo-
ton offsets the southerly motion suffi-
GENTLY TO keep the time of sunset al
most uniform for several days, while
the sun rises later each morning.
TYPEWRITING- Subscriber. San Jose. What
IS the record speed for typewriting?
The record is claimed for Miss Rose
Fritz of Philadelphia. Pa. She has
written 123 words a minute from unfa-
miliar printed matter, wrote 1S7 words
in shorthand a minue and Transcribed
the notes on the typewriter at the rate
of 112 words a minute.
THREE FISHERS c. r.. City. Kindly
print in the query department the poem Of C.
Kingsley entitled The Three Fishers"
This department has not the space to
publish poems. You will find that poem
in dozen different books in the free
public library in Hayes street. near
Franklin, reference room.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Point Richmond Can
You give me the date of the death of Archbishop
Corrigau, his age and cause Of his death?
Michael Augustus Corrigan. Roman
Catholic archbishop of New York. died
in New York city at the age of So. of
pneumonia, May 3, 1902.
PoPULATIoN-A. s. City. What is the cor
1t is impossible, in the absence of
census figures. to give the exact num-
Der. On the 1st of January it Vas esti-
mated at 100000.
FURNACEyILLE--Reade City How far is
Furnaceville, Cal. from San Francisco?
Furnaeeville, Shasta county. is dis
tant 263 miles; 234 miles by rail to
Redding and 30 miles by stage.
SECRETARY OF NAVY. c., Napa What
Is the full name of the secretary of the navv of
the present cabinet, and what state is he from?
George Won Lengerke Meyer of Mas
sachusetts.
THE FIRST VIOLI\-L- D.. City. While the
list of dramatic publications does not show The
First Violn.'' by Jesse Fothergill, as dramatic
production. a correspondent from this city and
one, from San lose inform this department that
the novel has been adapted for the stage.
PROPERTY-6ive years subscriber City
Your question about deciding property and the
rights of an individual who resided on the same
for % years. calls for construction Of law
which this department does not give. Consult
attorney.