. Astronomy and the Bible; . At the Eyepiece of a Large Telescope Sa. A Segment of the Corona of the SunP^rom a pholograph taken at the ]\Iount Wilson Observatory,in southern California, when the sun was in total eclipse. CELESTIAL MAGNITUDES 113 preciable change remained, it could only be attributedto parallax. After a most careful and elaborate investigation,a variation commenced to show itself, increasing pre-cisely as parallactic variation ought to increase, anddiminishing as it ought to diminish. The period ofthese changes was precisely a year, and in all particu-lars there was an exact c
. Astronomy and the Bible; . At the Eyepiece of a Large Telescope Sa. A Segment of the Corona of the SunP^rom a pholograph taken at the ]\Iount Wilson Observatory,in southern California, when the sun was in total eclipse. CELESTIAL MAGNITUDES 113 preciable change remained, it could only be attributedto parallax. After a most careful and elaborate investigation,a variation commenced to show itself, increasing pre-cisely as parallactic variation ought to increase, anddiminishing as it ought to diminish. The period ofthese changes was precisely a year, and in all particu-lars there was an exact correspondence in kind withthe changes which ought to be produced by such was their minute character that Bessel hesi-tated. ^During another year, the observations were re-peated. The same results came out and the previousvalues were confirmed. A third years observations,yielding precisely the same values, removed all doubt,and the great Konigsberg philosopher announced tothe world that he had passed the impassable gulf ofspace, and had measured the dis
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