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An Afterglow

The crowded astronomical work is now over and I rest with content. The dinner of Prof. Boys at the new Automobile Club was small and select. We sat in the following order

Then on to the soirée of the Royal Society where the Lowell Ob'y. photographs and drawings were exhibited. They occasioned great interest and were the most crowded of all the scientific shows. Worthington was there and did his part well. The younger the examiners the more they saw. The Uranus rotation everyone could perceive. Several other exhibits were striking, especially the shooting out of the x-rays of radium, visible as they condensed the moisture in the air of their cell.

On Friday the day began with a lunch by Dr. Shaw, the head of the meteorological service of Great Britain. There were six of us, Sir Norman and Lady Lockyer being the other two. Then to the tea of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the meeting afterwards, at which I spoke. Then to the R. A. S. Club dinner at which they did me the honor to make me the chief guest. They were all very complimentary and attentive, with constant 105