Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1907 — Atmosphere on Mercury. [ARTICLE]

Atmosphere on Mercury.

The transit of Mercury across the face of the sun. Not. 14, wn the occasion of careful observations by astronomers with more or leas satisfactory results. William R. Brooks, professor of aeteonomy at Hobart college, Geneva, N. Y., discovered a diffused ring surrounding ths planet. This was thought to indicate the , presence of an atmosphere. Near the center of the planet was noticed a white spot, which had been seen a* feeinei transits. Many photqgrapha were taken. •»