ECLIPSE OBSERVATIONS.
OUT-OF-DATE INSTRUMENTS. A. and- N.Z. SYDNEY. Oct. 7. Professor Cooke, of Sydney Observatory, ] states that his party's work in observing the eclipse at Goondiwindi was severely I handicapped by the fact that the observatory was a museum' of antiquated instruments. In the special observations to test tho 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 he handed to the historical society.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18216, 9 October 1922, Page 7
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