. The Creighton Chronicle . I I I I I I J I I I I I I I I I I I I t I I 11 I I I I I I I 1 I I T I 1 I I ? I *William F. Eigge, S. J., F. E. A. S. HE latter part of November the Observatory was hon-ored by the presence of G. D. Swezey, professor ofastronomy in the University of Nebraska at he was on the point of replacing his own smalland portable transit by a larger and fixed instru-ment, he wished to make a fair trial of the Creightontransit in order to see what an instrnment of its sizeand mounting could do. He accordingly made a
. The Creighton Chronicle . I I I I I I J I I I I I I I I I I I I t I I 11 I I I I I I I 1 I I T I 1 I I ? I *William F. Eigge, S. J., F. E. A. S. HE latter part of November the Observatory was hon-ored by the presence of G. D. Swezey, professor ofastronomy in the University of Nebraska at he was on the point of replacing his own smalland portable transit by a larger and fixed instru-ment, he wished to make a fair trial of the Creightontransit in order to see what an instrnment of its sizeand mounting could do. He accordingly made a thor-ough examination of every detail, and asked suchquestions as only an expert could ask. It was a great pleasure tosee him at work, and there never was even a momentary mis-giving, as there is almost constantly with students, of his in-advertently turning the wrong screw or in any other way failingto get out of the transit all it was capable of doing. He was de-lighted not only with the excellence of the transit and t
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