| Show almot the ille MCI CIA ma i lic veal til in ill tile 0 the approaching com plAton tion of tile the olo Hinl 0 of th lh lick obidor ill in california lendi 1 I I 1 u I 1 0 t to I 1 alliy lie question HUM how will tins this giant liet bof th J li lic lilii 1 llo 14 1 4 in ID I 1 an fn 1 alic th airest r i in it oilia hi iii who nan tile liiri tk ll 11 of if till iv observatory in vi 1 11 will im lille riest it il I 1 tu 0 1 laos n ow that tho hit fo lilian kt giant will ill hurvey amyy I 1 lie sky with hi fill eye pe tui ton luched luc liis broader thail that 0 of tbt great mit star gazer bizri lit it tho capital the of 0 thu tho e t would have to ho be arged to it 11 ili di ainemer of three fert feet in m to cut cul ltd na its bollich lilal ns as will ill full fill upon abo erfal object glass 0 of f the lick kologe As the average ill di r 0 of alo t me pupil of tuomo the la 1 ono fifth of 0 au an i bell it f follows itle ow that it 11 la wan m phobe eye ey wun wild jai laige go dougli to equal the great copo in light grasping power won I 1 I 1 b be 0 ab nebout 0 ut one ona thousand fiet feet tall T r iho h a Statue of liberty would serno lim hi al fur a cikar cigar lighter if hung up ethere r a ho bu could conveniently reach it so much for foi tile abo power of the bick wonder to gather starlight the 1 he duag aluag power powei is is another thing though it depends de panila directly upon the amount of light that the tole telescope scope can call grasp an ottlina ry opera glass two anti and a half or at most three lot let auy any one ODB recall low how ev oon c a so 80 low it 11 lungin fy ing power as ad that is IB when applied to persons and objects upon it 11 distant stage and then he ha will nt at once per clive the bagri of the that the smallest astronomical trio tole scope ill bear a magnifying power powei of two or three hundred diameters the rotation relation between the magnifying power of 0 an optical instrument reck rack bold by dianie diameters tors and the apparent distance of the object looked at a t is i very simple BUD pie if an opra glass rung n unifies three dinin dia oters it shows ob ejects as they would appear at only ona third of their real distance from the eye so a telescope maguit io diameters would slow a man a mile away as if ho he were standing anding et IV athin about tw six six fuel feet of the bai iset only tole cops con trite Wd lor for astronomical purposes aaa will stand aland magnifying powers like that and moreover in in consequence of the impurity and of 0 the air near the earth and I 1 the he lack of terrestrial objects the tha aln neige ige in such a case would bo be more or less legs blurred ard indistinct the ahe saino power to tho moon uri brings n gs it within au an al apparent varent distance of about 1200 miles and i clearly the extinct craters cra tera empty bm bea hot bot toms and ragged mountain lacea of ou state nite now as to the magnifying magnify ing of the lick telescope tele it has bas lieen been found that when the tha most skillful opticians optic inna inns have done dona their best beat in Q making it telo object glass it will bear baar tin der dar favorable conditions and for cpr car tain purposes a magnifying homr bower of one hundred diameters for each inch of its own diameter the object glass af of the lick telescope is is thirty six all i inches across therefore it should bo be ablo able to litand a power of diame lers but only under tho the finest condi tiona such a power applied to tho the moon would bring it when dearest to the earth within nn an apparent dis carleo ot of a little above sixty miles tho the most favorable stances an object upon the moon as a large as an st at patricks Catho cathedral dral could probably pre bably bo be seen with snob it power as aa a whito white speck hut but a power only halfor half or ono one third as great as that could bloused be used with advantage ad vantage so ho as fur far as aa the abi ability alty of ill tha tulo so ape to reveal raveal them is is concerned the moon DO 0 a might m ight be swarming with innab inh ab stants who would still remain butof out of tho the reach of our eyes but it cities or other great artificial works existed there they would doubtless be clearly distinguishable and should in m fac act t long ago have been perceived wi with th telescopes much smaller than tho the co of mount hamilton abe 1 be now dow telescope can then only bo be expected 0 jadd a little moro more ev eviden idonie ceto to the P proof root that tho the moon is is an axt extinct pl planet anel a world of de desolation where all 1 th tha great crea creative tiyo farca have hava caaso ceased el to operate and nil nature 1 seema to have hava reached the end of her tether but with the planets the case i la dif forent becent race a t ob observations 3 have shown show tho the existence of onig enigmatical M featured fea turea on mara upon which the lick telescope may be able to throw much light its great size is is not the only advantage ge it it wilt will possess being placed placeda upon a 8 mountain top it will be ba abo above tho denser and more impure portion of the at mop ft ra w which lich is a dource ol of perpetual and 1 I n ablo difficulty to astronomers whose t telescopes e le scopes are situated at lower lev els then tho the atmosphere of the pa ia cefic coast appears to lie IB exceedingly clear and steady teady fi so that an enormous advantage is gained in in that respect here in the last east and in in england and labost parts ol of europe tin an natron astron anter is is lucky it if lie be und linda a dozen or even half a dozen nights nighta in the yes when the atmospheric le conditions tire are 9 good 0 e enough dough to permit tho the use ot of the highest b c 1 powers of hill hia telescope a ob taken cm bount M oun tit hamilton amil ton tho the site its of the lick to telescope show snow that as many as nights in in a year may be ba expected to furnish such opportunities port unities 01 arr first class work with such advantages the e groat great telescope should largely increase our anoa knowledge pi of oe the huge planet jupiter and of tile ch WM loing coins on oil thera which indicate flint it is la an orb that is now u iw in in tim kit of transformation million front it mm anti atu a world with tu abo fiyod stars tars or othol sunn than ouis ilio lick glass will readily prove fiory its ita on of cot its ila onor mons light grast inki ing or ill it il i called bia pene power mattio property pro purly with the exceptionally ex conditions amid winch it is is situated will it to leveal now among adiong the nob ul 11 choso storo store louses houses of tile raw nit it ecial of the tha universe whose known is constantly bom bein increased by modern observers A brief account ot of what lias fins recently beon been soon with th jhb ot of thirty inches aperture lately mounted lit Pul town in la russia will rive give an idea of if what may lo ld expected from the tha still larger to bo be sat up on mount hamilton ricilly the lie colossus was ns turned upon alic nebula hint flint is visible isible in fit tb abu artt I 1 u trape of orion tl i citi iLlo ia verily of 0 kikoin inn beall buu ity y I 1 in a were sean mv i ix pears four foul oi 01 mitch e shone more bril kintly than tile ot outliers otlie liers rB thie lans group NN wils its ahat beemer thu 11 lidid III oi of some animal rhoida gaping moutot ns out outlined lined by tile trapezium of bright pears the ilia greater 1 coition tool of the field view MOW MM va s ait h I 1 of li ebulous light limuli took tile form of s ara in a striking contrast vil it alio tic dark i nn rv gloni ioni all was ins able stars aich seemed to add an element of life to an no pencil could de let tatt alif alk should enable ul to pene petie still mill ru ruri bilier into oto alio llio a it tn orion it 14 it liu he coppol unit hat ils ild un ritalia il will also 1 hn e I 1 a for llie lite work of fur for HI ia some recent achievements lit ill tile carls I 1 observe try show antiona thu rays nis flint tt it 14 cronl 1 collects diio a 0 SHUIB hint flint matte no fin crosslon pros slon on the P pye o yo to but print upon a photograph le I 1 pante i 11 lie 0 1 11 of trinie phenomena in tile the lieu lita venn of tin in u unseen universe of whose presen eq no ive are unaware |
