MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY.
APPEAL BY ROYAL SOCIETY.
LOlSi/UN, January 30. The Koyal Society has appealed to New Zealand io establish a permanent magnetic observatory aomewheito where the observations will not be affected by outaide diatarbanoes.
In view of tthe existence in dmstehurch of a -weli-eqoipped permanent magnetic ob•ervatoryy a jepresentatjTe of "Tie Press"
eeked Or. Coleridge Fair, in c&arge of the oljterratory, what he thought the Royal Society meant. Br. Farr said the Society w«* io poaaamon of full partiouLars of t-bie observatory in Ohrietchurch, and he interipreUnl ttte reqtweO ac an appeal for tine protection of the institntioat from outside influences, eacli an would affect it, for in■etance, if the eingle trtdly eystem of eJectaao tnunway* were iartalled here. Similar
protection wee afforded to the Kew Gbservwtory, by mean* of by-law*. The double troiir system, Dr. Parr stated, would not afleot the instruments, end ■mrald be cheaper with regard to maintenance. He regarded the appeal as a tribute, from tdie highest scientific authorities existing, to the importance of the observatory aad it* worav
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11496, 31 January 1903, Page 7
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175MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11496, 31 January 1903, Page 7
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