Deseret Evening News | 1906-02-28 | Page 9 | Prof. S. P. Langley Dies of Paralysis

PROF S P LANGLEY DIES OF PARALYSIS Alken S 8 C Ieh 27 S P I langley secretary secret of ot the he t Smithsonian In Institution tu mist thom tion and known l ns ins a it 1 scientist through throughout out the time world work died here at ut nn noon lIoon today i Feb I 27 Prof II uel I P 1 who ho died nt III H S 0 G tUllar hint a n slight stroke of ot ysis ls lson on oil Nov No 2 which his mis mIght light side He lie un wins gradually recovering reco from this attack whim when on the advice of ot he cInt south to 10 escape the tine wore more m months of ot ry and Match In this city elt limo Imme Immediate diate nf or his mis dentin death was sas na not In the thu inlet t elegia in sent sen t Alken ken kento to tl the inc t onlan Is Proto Prof was 72 years old and Ills his whole life had been heen devoted to ti work Though by bv sulon n It civil engineer and aud architect astron astronomy wIly omy occupied most bust of his hie time t 1 Several eais ago Pro Prof Langley conducted n It series of ot experiments with vItha Ith n a 1 Hying ng machine minim at lit Yn nt 11 on the Potomac river the results of oC which were vere watched with widespread Time The experiments however ended disastrously Plot irot career iov en 1 ered a it wide tango of ot subjects and In Included eluded work vork In Various Institutions which was supplemented by b frequent trips to Europe In lii visiting foreign ob o and other Institutions Much of ot the work dona clune by lIy Prof Proto has hils related to I the tine sun Hun Its Ite heat hent spectra and other sources of ot radiation lotIon in mul he had he ii accompanied acco in sumac some ot or tine the observation expo Prof Prot Langley mad hat been tine the III seere secre secretary tary tur of ot tho thu tim Smithsonian Institution since 1887 Ho lIo was nl n II member of oC sri sel lie societies ear let les his published iambi IId writings Include In lude more thom than titles