Show PROF S P LANGLEY DEAD I 1 alien S C feb 27 S P langley Lan gloy secretary of the institution tio and known as a scientist throughout the world died here at noon today washington feb 27 prof samuee samuel P langley who died it at alken S 0 today had a slight stroke of paralysis on november 22 affected ili his right side lie ile was gradually recovering froni from this attack when on the advice of his physician he went south to 10 escape the more ri rigorous gorou months of february and march in this city professor langley was 72 years of age his hi whole life had been devoted to scientific work though by profession a civil engineer and architect astronomy occupied much of his time several years ago professor probes or langley conducted a series of experiments with a flying machine at widewater dewater Wi va on the potomac river the results of which were matched with widespread 1 interest the experiments however ended disastrously professor langlays Lang leys scientific career covered a wide range of subjects and included work in various hichi was supplemented by frequent trips to 0 o europe in foreign observatories and other institutions there much of the work ork done by professor langley has related to the sun suit its heat spectre and other sources of radiation and lie he has accompanied some of the eclipse observation expeditions dit ions professor langley lancley has been the secretory secretary of the smithsonian institution since 1887 lie he wits wa a member of scientific societies and his published writings include more than one hundred undred li titles title |