28 ILLINOIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



THE DETERMINATION OF STELLAR DISTANCES 

 Philip Fox, Northwestern University 



Dr. Fox spoke without prepared manuscript. His address 

 contained a review of the methods of determining stellar dis- 

 tances with comparison of the accuracy of various methods, 

 and indicated directions in which our knowledge of the ar- 

 rangement of stars in space has been extended as a result of 

 these investigations 



