| Show n I PROfESSOR fiNDS OLD MAP MP Of STARS Head of Mathematics Depart Department ment mont of University Locates Unique Chart of the Skies HAS INTERESTING HISTORY It I I t Is it Thought lI ht i t lo I o I I ae I hl It ItI To I IJ In Ill 11 the 1110 for tur ITco UH of oI II Oi 01 Trait A A Inc of ot Interesting historical ll value has hOl been beon i made madl at tt the tilt University ot or Utah In Ii the tue shape of pC a globe of oC thu skies showing the position of the tue stars and III and what whit gives It special value Is l I that Its Is appearance it Ii In Utah marked mn the beginning of tf an ef d foiL foit towards higher education It I was WIS In II the early III littles when Orson Oron Pratt Prat who conducted an tilt astronomical nit nto in I II the little I I I tic adobe building till lid lii g In I ii tho the southeast cornet corner of Ht tho tile Temple square thought brought lIe tho sphere to III ln state slate and Ill a it ill Itle tic later 1111 that U It 1 is thought to have han been given to 10 the H at the tI e be ho beginning ginning of oC It Its Ill career The rite hl was located by hy Prof Pro i of itt the Iho mathematics mathematic department In the tl t attic otti of Ht Library building Mr tir tirI I I si ui on while on nit an un ti i u g lo to l tilt the upper regions of ot the bull build building ing In In lit search of valuables discovered d dIhl this Ihl ti ls sphere and feeling rewarded re ye returned 11 turned to the thit th lower loWe regions of ot the tile edi edifice ell lice fice to tn engage l ag tIlt the custodian and his hi IIII to l 1 resurrect J the tho celestial of dust its sphere from Is grave r Upon being brought down to earth It Itus was us Sits found Cound necessary 1 ary to LO take It out hide Idl of C the building hoist It I through a it 1 window to get el It I into Inlo Plot Prof GIbsons Gb on where It Il will vIlI wi now no occupy Ocl py by I a it tl conspicuous place Very rl few now living aro IT able to lo any 11 Ill of If ti Die tl ti i history of lt this old aiti oll sphere bill hit It II WitS was WIS found that It I uns hi ought blought to toi Itah i tall some time tI lii ii In II I ii tho thIn II ft ICH with WI LII sev several 80 coal eral ell 1 oilier pieces of ot scientific l apparatus which were from fran ln The Tile general Impression Is III Ii that thai It was given to tile Ilie University of oC through I gli Hie tl iii Instrumentality I I ty ot of a Orson Pratt Pitt I It I Is a it 1 large sphere wr i ere about three feet t In II diameter on nn which litch are alo shown hown all iii nl of ot the slam mid and Every ger star 1101 Is ahon In III Ii size sIx corresponding to lift its 11 mag magnitude Ii I t tidy find it 11 1 Iii all ni I of If ti the t Ii o constellations toIlet In us are 1111 Ule arranged so as nR to 10 show 1100 tile the significance cance Ulice ot at nl thou their various names |
