This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1909
Page
7
The article describes polar navigation using sextants, chronometers, thermometers, and horizons. It explains measuring latitude by solar and stellar altitudes, especially Polaris, with necessary time, temperature, and observational corrections from nautical almanacs to determine position at the pole.
Advertisement from Bartz and Pelzman tailors on Seventh Street seeking customers for order of 94 agpedal items and measuring services at 15 dollars, inviting requests for gowns.
The text explains refraction and parallax corrections for sighting stars and the sun with a sextant, using an artificial horizon, chronometer checks, and sidereal time. It covers calculating latitude from sun's zenith distance, time from Polaris, and longitude from time differences, with emphasis on Ephemeris data and frailty of instruments in polar expeditions.
Conductor Alexander Bennett 45 of Western Maryland Railroad was killed when struck by a locomotive at the south yards. He died en route to Washington County Hospital from injuries including a severed left foot and a mutilated right leg. The accident occurred as he crossed a switch after leaving the dispatcher’s office. In Cumberland, Rev Ka ward C. Allard of Frostburg resigned from Main Street Baptist Church to accept a call in Cristel, Ma.
A petition signed by 122 Washington lawyers protests United States Police Court Judge Ivory G Kimball's reappointment, calling him temperamental and unfit for another six year term. The charge includes long service dulling discernment, age limits, and alleged physical deficits. The Department of Justice has the protest and is conducting an inquiry while Kimball declines to comment.
Special to The Washington ed The report from Hagerstown Maryland December 19 notes Richmond completes its new water settlement basin system. Water will be diverted into the city reservoir via a newly built flume. Clearwater for the city is promised by Christmas. Also reported deaths include Mrs Sarah Neil Jones aged 17 wife of JT Jones who died at her Metal home yesterday evening from general debility. her husband survives.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.