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Show Is lliara a l-lantt "VulranT" Among the special observations to be undertaken during the total eclipse ot tho sun vlslblo lu our southern states on May 2Sth, will bo a systematic search, with tho aid of photography, for tho supposititious planet "Vulcan," revolving around tho sun within the orbll of Mercury It wis thought that this planet had been seen during tho ecllpso of 1878, but latir observation failed to confirm tho discovery. Under Un-der the direction of Professor Pickering Picker-ing ot Harvard nnd ot Professor 1-ang-ley, Independent efforts will be made to catch "Vulcan," If It exists, on photographic pho-tographic plates |