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Show Oli-erratorics, Anclrnt and Modern Prohablv the earllcsH structures e-re-e ted as astro nomicnl obeervatories v ere built bv; tho early woplo Iu Kgypt, for many Kgyptologists now incline lo tiie lieliel that thu Great Pyramid Itself was a mlghtv observatory constructed lo facilitate the uliservatious of the Chaldean astronomers. Magnificent as were the-e ancient buildings the limitations limita-tions of human vision prevented astronomical progre-s until Galileo's discovery of the tclcscoi) 0encd wide the gates of heaven to human observation, for, while to the unaided unaid-ed eye only some 6,000 stars are visible, vis-ible, the great Lick telescoiKi brings to ou r kuott ledge nearly HM,000,cVK, and by the aid of photography the celestial honon stretches to infinity. trunk Ic'.ie.'t lStpalar ilmtlJy. |
