FIRST YEAR SCIENCE 



morning, just the reverse of this takes place, the stars 

 begin gradually to fade, and the brightest stars are the 

 last to disappear. 



We know how brilliant the light of a match or candle 

 appears in a dark room, and how a light of this kind 



DOME OF THE 60-iNCH REFLECTING TELESCOPE AT MT. WILSON SOLAR 



OBSERVATORY. 

 Pictures of the heavens are taken through a telescope. 



seems to fade out when it is brought into the pres- 

 ence of a strong electric light. It would seern quite 

 probable that the vast light of the sun might have the 

 same effect upon the light of the stars. This supposition 

 is also supported by the fact that when the sun is covered 



