04-13-2015, 05:08 PM
speaking of questioning whether the Hula festival artistic spotlight was exploited by fancifully irate political and activist agenda...
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"Kalakaua’s interest in modern astronomy is evidenced by his support for an astronomical expedition to Hawaii in 1874 that came from England to observe a transit of Venus (a passage of Venus in front of the Sun – used to measure an ‘astronomical unit,’ the distance between the Earth and Sun.)"
http://imagesofoldhawaii.com/king-kalaka...sance-man/
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for what it's worth, here is what the Merrie Monarch himself is recorded saying to the visiting astronomers:
could it be true?... [:0]!!
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King Kalakaua:
-as quoted in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, upon arrival of a British expedition of astronomers to Hawaii
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Q: Are we not Mauna Kea?
A: D-E-V-O
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"Kalakaua’s interest in modern astronomy is evidenced by his support for an astronomical expedition to Hawaii in 1874 that came from England to observe a transit of Venus (a passage of Venus in front of the Sun – used to measure an ‘astronomical unit,’ the distance between the Earth and Sun.)"
http://imagesofoldhawaii.com/king-kalaka...sance-man/
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for what it's worth, here is what the Merrie Monarch himself is recorded saying to the visiting astronomers:
could it be true?... [:0]!!
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King Kalakaua:
“It will afford me unfeigned satisfaction if my kingdom can add its quota toward the successful accomplishment of the most important astronomical observation of the present century and assist, however humbly, the enlightened nations of the earth in these costly enterprises…”
-as quoted in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, upon arrival of a British expedition of astronomers to Hawaii
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Q: Are we not Mauna Kea?
A: D-E-V-O
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