In conclusion, it is but just to observe that women's work in astronomy has by no means been confined to their contributions as observers, writers and computers. Reference must also be made to the financial aid which they have given to various observatories and learned societies for the furtherance of astronomical research both in the New and the Old World. It must suffice here to recall the endowment at Harvard University of the Henry Draper Memorial, by Mrs. Henry Draper, in order that the work of photographing stellar spectra, which occupied her husband's later years, might be continued under the most favorable auspices, and the munificent sum of fifty thousand dollars given by Miss C. Bruce, of New York, for the construction of a large telescope especially designed for photographing faint stars and nebulae. The photographs taken with this instrument will be used in the preparation of the great chart of the heavens which is to be the joint production of the chief observatories of the world. FOOTNOTES: [134] Cf. the preceding chapter, p. 140. See also _Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne_, Tom. I, p. 317, par. M. Delambre, Paris, 1817. [135] "Calor etiam solis in hieme maior est sub terra quam super terram, quod si tunc frigus tantum esset sub terra quam super terram, vel si in aestate calor tantus esset sub terra quantus est super terram, de immoderatione ista terra tota scinderetur." _Hildegardis Causae et Curae_, p. 7, Lipsiae, 1903. [136] _Commentaire de Theon d'Alexandrie_, p. X, translated by the Abbe Halma, Paris, 1882. [137] "Enfin de leur faire connoistre qu'elles ne sont pas incapable de l'estude, si elles s'en vouloient donner la peine puisqu'entre le cerveau d'une femme et celui d'un homme il n'y a aucune difference." Cf. _Journal de Savans_, Tom. III, p. 304, a Amsterdam, 1687. [138] D'ou vient qu'elle a l'oeil trouble et le teint si terni? C'est que sur le calcul, dit-on, de Cassini, Un astrolabe a la main, elle a, dans la gouttiere, A suivre Jupiter passe la nuit entiere. [139] "Celebre inter observatores hujus aevi nomen adeptus est Godfredus Kirchius, astronomus nuper regius in Societate Scienciarum Berlinensi; mense Julio A, 1710 mortuus. Ejus vidua, Maria Magdalena Winckelmannia, non minore in observando et calculo astronomico dexteritate pollet, ac in utroque labore maritum, cum viveret, fideliter juvit ... quod laudi ducitur foeminae ea animo comprehendisse, quae sine ingenii vi studiique assiduitate non comprehenduntur," _Acta Eruditorum_, pp. 78, 79, Lipsiae, 1712. [140] _Preface Historique_ to _Principes Mathematiques de la Philosophie Naturelle_ par feue Madame la Marquise du Chastellet, Tom. I, p. V, Paris, 1759. [141] _The Unpublished Correspondence of Madame du Deffand_, Vol. I, pp. 202-203, London, 1810.