| Show BIG TELESCOPE FOR RUSSIA instrument manufactured in british factory weighs nine tons an and d Is 45 feet long a in view of the present col condition edition of Ij russia it Is rather surprising to find that the soviet government has or it t dered ft a telescope which Is ono one of the largest in tile the world tills this telescope has just been completed in n R british A factory and will shortly be transport od ed to an observatory on tile the shores of tho the black sea it weighs about nine tons and the inside length of tile tubo tube la is 45 feet heavy ns as tho the teles telescope cOVO Is it la is so admirably fitted that it can bo be moved by electrical means as easily as aa it 1 it were it a small mail portable uppa apparatus pa ratus tile pushbutton push button system of control lias ilas been adopted so that all tile operator has to 10 do lo to direct tile telescope to any part of the heavens la Is to press cor certain buttons A second tole telescope almost as large as t tills ils Is bohag made at aj the same british factory for another observatory in Itus hussla sla sd fo delicate Is the work on oil these giant instruments that about three years are occupied in designing and constructing them thein |
