Lenses Built by a Pittsburgh Mechanic Turn Heads in Astronomy
John A Brashear, longtime mill worker turned telescope lens maker on Pittsburgh's Southside, crafts delicate glass disks and spectroscopes for leading astronomers. His small Allegheny shop now produces the world’s finest instrument components, including the largest spectroscope and lenses for Lick Observatory, with new glass factories planned in Indiana.
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Mt. Oliver
P. Langley
Brashear
Henry Draper
Williams
Sones
Alleheny
Mr. Brashear
Brownsville
Piteburg
Lick Observatory of California
J. Brashear
Polis
Foucault
Observatory Hill
Charles A. Young
Princeton Observatory
Young
Brashesr
George E. Hale
Chicago
Hale Bas
France
Germany
Pittsburg
George A. Macbeth
Macbeth
Indiana
Brashearne
Feil
Paris
Europe
Charles 8. Hastings
Yale University
Allegheny
Lick Observatory
New England
California
Fortayne Crossing
Federal Street
Death Valley Expedition Catalogs Nocturnal Life Amid Harsh Desert
Government scientists send 2368 mammals and numerous birds reptiles and insects from Death Valley to Washington. Night exposes a thriving ecosystem with lizards snakes horned toads tarantulas rats coyotes and kangaroo rats, amid stark white plains and black lava. The expedition tents at the valley edge, trapping small mammals with simple wire traps while awaiting cooler weather for further study.
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Death Valley
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Omer
Lile
Artment of Agriculture
Department
Slo
Aketeet
Boia
Orrison
Iselien
Man in Elizabeth Plays Oil Well Hoax With Back Yard Dig
A New Jersey man in Elizabeth believed he had struck oil after installing an artesian well on his property. Neighbors and accomplices staged a hoax by adding kerosene to the pipe and pretending the well yielded petroleum, fooling the victim until the joke was uncovered.
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Hirteen
Mr. Oliver
Galileo
New Jersey
New York World
New York
Elizabeth
N. J
Bing
Goer
Gonan
Thunderstorm Tragedy Strikes Atlantic City Resident
During a fierce storm in Atlantic City Mrs Mary Carroll a 35 year old colored woman died in a fright caused by the thunderstorm. The event occurred as she reacted to the lightning and noise and witnesses noted the distress led to her collapse.
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Atlantic City
Mary Carroll
Soto
Noah
Beauties of India in the Nizam's Zenana Recital
Mrs. Potter describes the Nizam of Hyderabad's zenana with 400 inmates, marble courtyards, and jewelry laden women. She recalls the Nizam as a towering figure and recounts her recital before the women, amid gaze from galleries and the palace's ornate settings.
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Nizam
Hyderabad
India
France
James Brown Potter
New York
Herald
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Eeen
Portrait and Past Glimpses of Jasper Fisher's Lair
In a London square near Bishopsgate once famed for aristocratic hospitality a grand home built by Jasper Fisher decayed into ruin. John Westcott inspects a neglected desk and a portrait whose hollow eyes seem to reveal insatiable greed, as a clerk notes old records and faded papers amid cobwebs.
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Countess of Devonshire
Brow
Jasper Fisher
Channcerie
Elizabeth
John Westcott
Estcott
Lee
John Westestt
Mr. Girdlestone
Westcott
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