Passing through Shanghai on his way to Japan, where he will observe the polarization of the corona of the eclipse of the sun that will be visible In that country on June 19, Dr. F. Aston, professor of physics and author of numerous publications and theses, arrived in Shanghai on Satur~ day evening in the s. Rawalpindi. He is on his first trip to the Far Cost.
He is following to Japan three other scientists who passed through Shanghai recently. They are Professor F. J. M. Strachan, leader of the party, Dr, Rodman, and Professor Moyds. The four, with assistants, will study the eclipse when it takes place next month, "According fo Dr. Aston he will study the polarization of the corona, which can be done only when there is an eclipse. The place where he will make his observations will be at Kamishiri, in northern Hokkaido, and among the instruments that he will lure will be the coronagraph, specially designed for the purpose.
"This will not be the frst time. that Dr. Aston has had the good fortune to witness an eclipse of the sun. Ie has Seen such phenomenons in Sumatra in 1026 and in Malay in 1929.
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