THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.
ANTIQUATED OBSERVATION INSTRUMENTS.
BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATIONr-lOPYjUGHT SYDNEY, Oct. 7. Professor Cooke, of the Sydney Observatory, states that his party's work in observing the eclipse at Goondi- . windi was severely handicapped by the . fact that the observatory was a museum of antiquated instruments. In the special observations to test the Einstein theory he was compelled to use • a makeshift device of inadequate calibre, which failed at the crucial moment. it was ; however, adjusted and he secured a couple of plates which it was hoped would prove satisfactory. ,-,.. A suggestion was made that the observatory equipment bo handed to the Historical Society.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 7 October 1922, Page 7
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103THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 7 October 1922, Page 7
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