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Ritchcy Ihtchey Ititchey ; / h / United Stites St\tes St tes States ' \ Naval obsel observatory obseivatorprawn vator ; , "Irawn Irawn " rawn designs for ahole a \ whole \\hole hole b'lt blt bat b'ltJ bat6i bitli&t bitlit ' 6i & f telescopes telescopec ; , each 315 Inches inJ In Inrter Infter J J | , rter | ter , arranged on a uew new type of oftIng ofling ofI ting ling , the 'fixed fixed 'fb.ed fb.ed fbed ' fixed . unlve unlver unlver&al unlveral & al , , " mah mak makrse fie e of a n new kind kmd of reflector refiector , the1's the 1's 1s ' " as cis "cellular cellular " mirror " 1m Invented ented by byIrssor byisor by&ssor byssor Irssor isor & % Ritchey nttchey . s sReveal : J JReveal t tReveal Reveal Hidden Mysteries MysteriesLfessor Lfessor .Itessor Itessor . . ) fessor Ritchey , who has just com corn cornthe cornLl the exquisitely fine tine new 40 Inch Inchr Inche Inchey Inchnhey ( e ey ) Chretlen Chretien " " reflector of thed the r d d States Na Naval Natal \ al observatory , be- be bethat be-J'that be J'that Jthat - - . 1 ' that five of his "fixed fixed " universal universal'ptopes universalptopes ' " 'rpes rpes 1r08 " ' p , , mounted In different dIfCecent latI lath latiyy could sweep the hea\ hea hear heaens ieavens \ ens from the northern nortbern to the southern celestlnl celestial celestlnlpoles celestialpoles celestialpoles poles , and see outward Into space more morethan morethan morethan than 3000000 3000000000 000 light years yenrs , revealing reveal reveal- revealIng revealing - ing "such such " mysteries and such riches rIcbes of ofthe ofthe ofthe the universe as It has not entered the themind themind themind mind of man to conceive " Tlie The chief drawback drawbach to the construc construe constructlon construetion construetlon tlon tion of all these telescopes at present presentIs Is their cost No wayehas way ehas has ict yet et been beenfound beenfound beenfound found of financing thE'mnut themBut them thE'm themBut ' But nut a third group hopes to solve the theprob1em theproblem theproblem prob1em problem of financing , and at tlie the same sametime sametime sametime time do away nwa awa ) with ordlniry ordln'lry ordlnlry ordinary ' telescopes telescopesenUrel telescopesentirely telescopesentirely enUrel entirely ' , or at least reduce them to the thestatus tliestilus t'ltus tltus status ' of ot auxiliary nuxllIary Instruments These TheseexperImenters Theseexperimenters Theseexperimenters experImenters , led bJ by 03 Dr Vladimir Vladlmlr KZworvkin h hZ hZworvkin Z\\ Z Zorvkin Zworvkin \ orvkin , engineer of the RCA nCA Victol Vtctoi Victolcompnn Vtctoicompany VIctoicompany compnn company , , and Dr Francois Francols IIenroteau IIenroteauof of the Dominion DomlDlon observatory , Ottnwa Ottawa OttnwaCanada OttawaCanada OttawaCanada Canada , arc are now at " work "ork ork to de\ de deelop develop developthe developthe \ elop elopthe the photoelectric mosilc mos'lic moslic mosaic ' , or 'artificfal artificfal artificial 'artificfalretina ' artificialretina artificialretina retina , " an electncil electrIc'll electrIcll electrical ' device which may mayenable mayenable mayenable enable astronomers to amplify l1ht light l1htImages lightImages ll ; htImages Images just juct ; as tlie the ndio r'ldlo rldlo radio ' now amplifiessoundc amplifiessounds amplifies amplifiesound soundc sounds ound ; . . &uch uch buch Such & a mosaic mosnlc , placed , say , at tlie Ule the focus of a 200Inc11 200 Inch mirror , mightwell mightwell might mightwell I perfluous well make all bigger Instruments superfluous su- su superfluous su superfluous - |