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Rigge v. Dean exchange on Halley’s Comet and Pope Callixtus III

Dean, John Candace; Rigge, William F., S.J. (1908)

The Rigge v. Dean exchanges were a series of articles between Fr. William Rigge, S.J. and John Dean debating the historicity of the stories surrounding Pope Calixtus III and Halley's Comet that appeared in Popular Astronomy ...

Realm of Science October 20th 1913

Rigge, William F., S.J. (1913-10-20)

First Paragraph: | Three very important scientific meetings have lately been held in Europe. The first was that of the International Union for Solar Research which was convened in Bonn, Germany, from July 30th to August ...

Realm of Science April 20th 1916

Rigge, William F., S.J. (1916-04-20)

First Paragraph: | The reform of our present calendar is a subject on which probably more printers’ ink has been wasted during recent years than on any other. Each scheme proposed—and there are at least seventy-two of them, ...

The Columbus Eclipse

Rigge, William F., S.J. (1923-12)

First Paragraph: | In Windsor's “Christopher Columbus” on page 465 the following incident is related. | “Columbus now resorted to an expedient characteristic of the ingenious fertility of his mind. His astronomical tables ...

Realm of Science December 20th 1917

Rigge, William F., S.J. (1917-12-20)

First Paragraph: | A short time ago a little boy about ten years old asked me this question, “What makes the stars shine!” I dare say that most of us would feel somewhat puzzled in an attempt to give a simple and satisfactory ...

Realm of Science February 20th 1915

Rigge, William F., S.J. (1915-02-20)

First Paragraph: | The squaring of the circle is without doubt the most important problem that has ever occupied the attention of mathematicians of all grades. Its history says Glaisher, is almost the history of mathematics ...

Realm of Science February 20th 1918

Rigge, William F., S.J. (1918-02-20)

First Paragraph: | The title of this article may strike the reader as odd, and too elementary for a university magazine. I am sure, however, that before he has got well into the subject, he will find it greater than he had ...

Realm of Science May 20th 1914

Rigge, William F., S.J. (1914-05-20)

First Paragraph: | The solar system is commonly divided into four parts. The first is the sun, occupying the central position, and dominating the motions of all the other members by his overpowering attraction. The second ...

When an Eclipse Prevented a War

Rigge, William F., S.J. (1920)

First Paragraph: | It is an historical fact that once, at least, a total eclipse of the Sun really prevented a war. Of course, the threatened war was not of the magnitude that shocked the world a few years ago, nor would ...

Realm of Science April 20th 1915

Rigge, William F., S.J. (1915-04-20)

First Paragraph: | That astronomy habitually deals with numbers, distances and quantities that stagger our ordinary imagination, is a fact now quite universally conceded by the general reader. While he is favorably disposed ...

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