| Show THE SUN MOON AND STARS STABS an Must illustrated rated lecture by prof proxy J B talmace Tal mafe pursuant to announcement in the nawa rr olessor Tal magel commenced hr his lecture in the assembly hall of the seventh ward promptly at the time appointed on tuesday evening and was listened to with rapt attention by y the large audience which the sub bob led ct and the reputation of the lee aber had d drawn together in his prepare tory remarks the professor alluded briefly to the magnitude of the ahe subject and explained to those present that in a single lecture ich as aa no he proposed to give it would oe be maulites manifestly aly ole bleto to further man a synopsis of some of a the more salient points in the broad field of observation before him referring to the antiquity ol of the researches into toe the study of ei the own mus he obedi ved thal thai in ancient times men depended more upon personal observation than upon books that they did more thinking than reading for the reasons that their lives were largely spent in the open air tending their flocks and herds berds and that shat books were nut so se plentiful as they are with us ns today notwithstanding these dina disadvantages vantages the they p possessed oss essed accurate knowledge in regard to many of the in movements of the heavenly bodies and recognized at a glanek any important c changes that took place in the relative positions of the Sin cipal ifal planets and groups of stars r hat at 11 illumined um ined the upper deep just juat how far they had progressed in the science of astronomy and how bow much greater our knowledge is than that ol of abraham and his cotem clotem por pors aries by means of the prove roved d facilities we claim to possess it wo would aid be difficult to det determine irmine probably the most ancient investigators of this important subject were the chinese and the Inh inhabitant abitanto of jai an whose notes upon this subject object it we may believe their records extend back further than those theme of any other nation but owing to comparatively recent arbitrary changes in their chronology instituted by themselves in order to t harmonize the statements of their respective spec tive histories their records are not implicitly relied upon by trono astrino as men in this connection he referred to two ancient astronomers named hi and ho whose duty daty it was to keep posted I 1 in a regard to the movements of the various celestial bodies bod les but who became so neg negligent that an eclipse arrived unexpectedly expectedly ono one day which temporarily pora rily put out the suns light and which resulted after the eclipse was i over in putting out the light of these two worthies by decapitation net lust as aa they do with default defaulting ipg bank officials who are immediately be headed and M their cra cranium idume thrown into the corner with the other assets of the bank although the chinese way may be a little oft off la in their chronology the they certainly have some very commendable commendable customs the lecturer discoursed at considerable length upon the sun eua showing by means of admirable enlarged the appearance ol of its ita sur surface s ace the spots upon it and the magnificent maRn incent corona which aich surrounds ite as photographed during daring an eclipse he dwelt upon the spectrum analysis at somo some length explaining explain ins how it to is that the component parts of planet ale many millous millions of 0 miles distant can be determined illustrated the pro shoo fulsom fulz om the www ot of the various various forms forma 0 of f eclipse and gave the distances of the various planets from the son aun tits relative relo Alve size ot the various bodies and the times of their revolution round the sun son he be berred to comets and other erratic bodies and the theories in regard 10 lo them spoke of the extraordinary tempests 0 of jupiter and convulsions of the most remarkable planet uranus gave a graphic and lUte interesting resting account of the latest observations of the planet Mars which to is more plainly visible than any of the others showing its appearance as seen through the telescope its land and water the former predominating its length of seasons and its peculiar color in tact fact the lecture lec tore was replete with information was ad delivered beautifully illustrated lust rated by a profusion of excellent pictures plain and colored and was listened to with unwavering attention perhaps the guest finest illustration among the many placed upon the screen was an illustration of our salar system with the various planeta MW and their sat elliles revolving ground the sun san showing in g t the h e relative speed of the various pla planets n e t those nearest the sun gun making shorter circuits in less timp time while the larger bodies such as jupiter and uranus with their attendant satellites moved slowly and majestically in tuela their orbits the whole give gave an admirable representation of the beauty and harmony of the works of the creator forever singing ringing as they idine the hand baud tt that made oa an in divine perhaps the best beat illustration given by the lecturer of the immensity of 0 space and the grandeur odthe of the works of et the great architect was wai the statement that light moving au as it does at the rate of miles per second a speed that would enable it to make seven complete circuits of our earth in the space of a single second would require at tho almost inconceivable velocity a period of tony forty five years to reach ahli nearest fixed star itar the eiffel tower now in course of construction in paris for the forthcoming worlds exposition is said to dwarf in altitude everything of the kind that thai has yet been erected by man towering some four or five hundred feet above the summit of that wonder of the world the great pyramid of when we come to compare this with nome of the smallest of gods creations how it dwindles in 0 insignificance and how bow mean and contemptible it appears in comparison with the magnificence the georja lory and the grandeur of the wor works of the great creator there perhaps haps is 18 nothing in this world of ours our aside from the spirit of the almighty that has a more powerful effect in lifting the soul abo finite labors and vainglorious vain glorious the theories pries of mortality than the contemplation of the wonders of the stellar worlds which surround us at such times we are led to exclaim with one ode of old what is man that thou art arc mind to of him or the son of man that thou test him I 1 |
