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When Prof. Porta says that "The whole solar system will be strangely out of balance" and that "storms, eruptions, and earthquakes will be tremendous in the strength and scope" on the 17th
December next, he is dealing in hot air, and, I can assure your readers that they have no cause for alarm, and
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Reflector, from the
English Firm, Banks & Co. The full cost of this telescope was to be £450, and a partial payment of £400 had already been despatched to England when a cable arrived to cancel the sale – it had apparently been agreed to without the agreement of Mr Chatwood, the current owner.
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Hall. He suggested at Ward's request, that anyone who was interested in forming an
Astronomical Society, remain behind after the talk. The first meeting was held at the Wanganui Technical School on the corner of the Avenue and Guyton street, and at the following meeting, the Wanganui Astronomical
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Wanganui Borough Council requesting a site at Cook's Gardens; the council granted this at their meeting of 27 August 1901.
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American solar authority, Professor Albert F. Porta, was quoted in a San Francisco newspaper as predicting terrible storms due to a great sunspot. Ward’s opinion was duly sought, and his response was that there was "No need to lose sleep". Ward also said,
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Professor Porta’s name appearing in any of their transactions, so cannot say if he speaks with any authority. If Dr. Hale, of
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Professor Albert F. Porta is one with which I am not familiar. I receive the reports of the Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory, as well as those of the
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