AID TO ASTRONOMY
One of the most breath-taking spectacles is the astronomical planetarium in action at Jena, a duplicate of which is proposed for tho American Museum of Natural History in New York City (states the " San Francisco , Chronicle,"). The planetarium is the one thing sorely heeded by scientists, who 80 far have failed to popularise one of the most interesting studies—that of astronomy. The interior of the planetarium at Jena, which is like an inverted bowl, brings gasps of astonishment as the lights of the apparatus flash on, revealing in the "sky" the moon, the planets, the stars; and the constellations, all in their proper places, and all moving according to their speed as basod on astronomical facts. By means of a special set of projectors the names "of the constellations can be shown in j,tho "sky" and the lecturer shows, with li flashlight throwing aft arrow-shaped light, which star or plauofc Is under discussion.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 51, 4 March 1929, Page 6
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AID TO ASTRONOMY
Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 51, 4 March 1929, Page 6
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