Show TUB tite largest telescope in the world has arrived at mount hamilton Califor california rila and will be placed placid in the tha lick observatory the column of 0 cast iron la Is feet act at the baso base and W feet at the top and weight weighs eighteen tons on this column rests ft a lend head weighing weis liing four tons long in which the steel polar axis 10 afeei feet long lone land and 12 inches in diameter supports tile tho declination axle axis also of steel 10 feet feel long and ten inches in diameter I 1 and aill weighing 2300 pounds the steel tubo tube is 60 feet 0 inches long ion 4 feet lit in diameter al a the centre central tapering to 8 3 inches at each end and weighs ov over er four our tons the driving clock and bi balcony 1 lcona for tile assistance of 0 the astronomer Is ia reached by a spiral stair staircase at the tha south couth side sida of tile the column tho the center 0 of I 1 motion la Is 37 feet fact above the ilia base bao and when the telescope telea cope is ia pointed toward the zenith the object glass which is ag 36 inches in diameter is ii 05 65 feet from the ilia bato base tile the total weight ol of the telos telo Lopo Is ia 33 35 tons |