15 DECEMBER 1877, page 13

The Sun's Distance To Be Again Altered ?

R ATHER more than twenty years ago, the news went abroad that the estimate of the Sun's distance which had then been accepted for more than half-a-century must be replaced by a......

Letters To The Editor.

THE OPENING OF THE STRAITS OF THE DARDANELLES AND BOSPHORUS. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—The necessity for keeping closed the Straits of the Darda- oelles to the......