Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-06 | Page 14 | Professor Builds Large Telescope

Professor Builds Large Telescope DKIWARK. Ohio. Vr . Pwr-klna Pwr-klna obaarratory at Ohio Woalayan unlvoralty, which will houao tha third larcoat toloacop In tha world, la bln( built moatly with th lif avinc of Hlran M. Pork Ina. aa obarura oollow. profaaaor. Prof-aor Prof-aor Parkin' salary Ryr wa mora than 1110. a yoar. but by kan hurt-nan hurt-nan aacaetty and fortunata Investments Invest-ments h accumulatod tloa.otM). vary eant of which ho -ava to Ohio Woalayan. H taught In tha Institution Insti-tution for mar than half a oontury. Th profoaaor did not liv to m h llf.'a draam raallsad, aa ha dtod at th ac of 1, aavaral month aco. Porkln' taloooop. will ho a aixty-an.-ln.h rofloottnc on. and workman work-man ar eompiatlnv tha m.tat cap for tha building, which will con-plotaly con-plotaly onclooe It. Work, on th. ataty-ona-tnch aab-PBr la wall nadr way and tha teloaeop motintliur hat barn ready fP aom weak. Th tal top for th t1cos dome welsh lti torn, mounted on wheal ao that It will ravoire oa a circular track. Directly below It, th telescope Itself will b placed on a 410 -ton eoncrwt pier, which form th baa. of tha dome. . Tha total w.lrht of Iho Inatro-mont Inatro-mont will b thlrty-HVon tana and tha mirror will add a welffht af 7a pound. Deaplt It araat w.icht, th talMcop will b ao dHcatly balanced that It will require only tha Bam amount of ouirant nacea-aary nacea-aary for an elactrto lamp who In gal. . Th. I.leacop win make vialble to th aya atara af tha olhtonth macnltuda. and make poaalbl pho-totrrapha pho-totrrapha of atar of tha ntneteentB and poaalbl y th twentieth masrrl-tude. masrrl-tude. aeeordin to Ohio- Welyan aatronomor.