" This month was one of the quieter and less fruitful. The lack of money which my excessive philanthropy brings me to the end of each quarter, helped by the indifference of those who I have to send these goods essential to the study, also a malaise that ended in a severe cold and a fever, then I took off almost an inevitable recovery throughout the month. Unii many classes at the university, many of which are useful, and several unnecessary. "
Diary GV Schiaparelli in Berlin, November 1857
Credits: Archives of the Astronomical Observatory of Brera, GV Schiaparelli
Fund Credits and Copyright image: Babak Tafresh (Twan) - APOD of August 27, 2010
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