Astringents

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

substances which produce contraction and condensation of the muscular fiber: for instance, when MT. WILSON OBSERVATORY, MT. WILSON, CALIFORNIA. THE 100-FOOT DOME, VIEWED FROM THE 150-FOOT TOWER Enc. Vol. 1- p. 3 Mt. Wilson Observatory RC DESCRIBED BY SUM, DEC 2350 NOME, ALASKA EXPOSURES, 10 AM TO 2 P.M., AT HALF HOUR INTERYN International Film Service THE ARC DESCRIBED BY THE SUN ABOVE THE HORIZON AT NOME, ALASKA, ON THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR, DECEMBER 23, 1919. THE FIRST EXPOSURE WAS MADE AT SUNRISE, 10 A. M., AND THE LAST AT SUNSET, 2 P. M. THE OTHER EXPOSURES WERE MADE AT HALF-HOUR INTERVALS DURING THE DAY Mt. Wilson Observatory NORTH AND SOUTH SUN SPOTS, SEPTEMBER 9, 1908 Mt. Wilson Observatory NORTHERN PART OF THE MOON, AT LAST QUARTER. NIGHT IS ADVANCING FROM THE LEFT. THE DARK OVAL PLAIN, SURROUNDED BY A BRIGHT WALL, IS "PLATO." THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE AND TO THE LEFT OF "PLATO" ARE THE "LUNAR ALPS." THE LONGER RANGE, EXTENDING ACROSS THE UPPER LEFT-HAND PART OF THE VIEW, ARE THE "LUNAR APENNINES" Mt. Wilson Observatory THE BROKEN ROW OF YAWNING BLACK HOLES ALONG THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE MOON, AT LAST QUARTER. NIGHT ADVANCES FROM THE LEFT. TERMINATOR BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT INCLUDE, TOGETHER WITH THE SECOND ROW TO THE RIGHT, WHOSE BOTTOMS ARE STILL IN THE SUNLIGHT, THE GRANDEST "RING PLAINS" AND "CRATER MOUNTAINS" ON THE MOON. THE LARGE SMOOTH ONE AT THE BOTTOM IS "PTOLEMAEUS" Mt. Wilson Observatory STAR CLUSTER M 22. SAGITTARII, AUGUST 6 Mt. Wilson Observatory IRREGULAR NEBULA M 17. SAGITTARII (OMEGA), JULY 29, 1919 Yerkes Observatory Mt. Wilson Cbservatory THE PLANET SATURN Underwood & Underwood TRANSMITTING CLOCKS FOR TIME SIGNALS, NAVAL OBSERVATORY, WASHINGTON, D. C. applied to a bleeding wound they so contract the tissues as to stop the hem- The contraction thus proorrhage. duced is different from that effected by an ordinary stimulant, and from that caused by the administration of a tonic.