Journal and proceedings of the Hamilton Scientific Association

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Title: Journal and proceedings of the Hamilton Scientific Association
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Hamilton Scientific Association
Subjects: Science
Publisher: (Hamilton, Ont.) : Printed for the Hamilton Association by the Spector Printing Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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No. 3. 46 THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION.
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No. 4. JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS. 47 ASTRONOMY FOR BEGINNERS. Read before the Astro7iomical Section of the Hamilton ScientificAssociation, November 6th, igoj. BY J. M. WILLIAMS. Every seat in the museum of the Hamilton Scientific Associa-tion was occupied last night when J. M. Williams gave his addresson Astronomy for Beginners. Printed slips were passed among theaudience with the words earth, sun, moon, stars, planets, day, night,seasons, morning and evening stars, eclipses, transits, longitude, lati-tude, declination and ascension printed on them. The address wasdelivered under these headings, and the speaker succeeded in ex-plaining the meaning of each very clearly. He had a large light onthe table to represent the sun. A globe stood for the world. At-tached to the globe was a smaller body, the moon. The planetsof the solar system were represented by mounted balls. The fixedstars were indicated by candles burning in different parts of theroom, while the north star and the dipper were

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