Henry Norris Russell Quote

The good spectroscopist — to parody the old jest — might perhaps be permitted to go, when he died, instruments and all, and set up an observatory on the moon. Where Astronomers Go When They Die


Scientific American, Volume 149, Number 3, September 1933 (p. 112)


The good spectroscopist — to parody the old jest — might perhaps be permitted to go, when he died, instruments and all, and set up an observatory ...

The good spectroscopist — to parody the old jest — might perhaps be permitted to go, when he died, instruments and all, and set up an observatory ...

The good spectroscopist — to parody the old jest — might perhaps be permitted to go, when he died, instruments and all, and set up an observatory ...

The good spectroscopist — to parody the old jest — might perhaps be permitted to go, when he died, instruments and all, and set up an observatory ...