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THE Mount Wilson Observatory received from the Carnegie Institution of Washington the grant of 254,075 dollars, or 50,815l., for the year 1912, for construction investigations and maintenance, and the report of the director shows the magnificent way in which this great sum is being utilised. It is impossible in a short note to give an adequate account of the very admirable report of the director, which covers forty-one pages of very condensed matter. On the first page Mr. Hale modestly states, “among the results of the year's work the following may be mentioned,” and then he follows this with brief paragraphs, thirty-five in number, each of which is a piece of valuable research work far-reaching in its aim and an important thread in the web which comprises the complete knowledge of stellar distribution and development. Some of the results of these researches have been published in The Astrophysical Journal, and received notice in our astronomical column.
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The Mount Wilson Solar Observatory . Nature 91, 619–620 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091619b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/091619b0