BULLETIN 



OF THE 



SouiHern Galilornla ftGadeiiiy ol Sciences 



VOL. I LOS ANGELES, CAL, MARCH I, 1902. NO. 3 



NEW YORfe 

 I \NICAL. 



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The New Spectrograph at the Lowe Observatory. 



BY PROF. EDGAR I.. PARKIN. 



DIRECTOR OF THE LOWE OBSERVATORY 



The lyOwe Observatorj^ is now receiving a fine new spectro- 

 graphic outfit through the kindness of generous donors. Two 

 ladies, tourists from Allegheny, Penn., called at the observatory. 

 They desired to see the solar spectrum with the Fraiinhofer. 

 They were shown and explained, as best might be, with the 

 home-made, wood-mounted heliostat. They saw this remark- 

 able revolving mirror and asked if it was the only heliostat in 

 the observatory. Being informed that it was, they called for pen 

 and paper and immediately made an order on the Brashear Opti- 

 cal Co. for anew one, to order, the finest made. This cost $123.00. 

 It is here and is a marvel of precision and beauty; its polished 

 mirrors are of exceeding brillianc}^ They since have asked what 

 more was needed to render the lyOwe Observatory able to enter 

 the list with others in original research. They were in- 

 formed that a spectrographic outfit was necessary to do work on 

 current line 1 of astro and solar physics. This was ordered and 

 is now being made by Brashear. The names of these liberal and 

 intellectual women who are doing so much here and elsewhere 

 in aid of science are the Misses Jennie M. and Matilda H. Smith. 

 They said they were not "society" women. 



[ This issue mailed March 3, 1902.] 



