Show NEARBY AND YONDER off die beaten path to unusual places and things BT by T T MAXEY wu our largett largest telescope Telea cope N till summit of mount allson 0 ON nilar ner pasadena calif at an ele of feet neove sea gen level where the lie percentage percent nj e of clear sky alc Is exceptionally illy high lie fie wilson otier mtr ime ne of the largest lest gullong for work norh in the world was built its ha mission ml slon Is to n tilt the of the universe and the evolution of celestial bodied with primary reference to the ha sun run here the ll biggest Kil or of nit nil telescopes lele li is in uso usi throughout every cery clear the 1 lie refracting lurince Is a gilr lor IW int hes ili 1 diameter almost 11 13 indies thick will weighing NM dounda which 1 I years to grind shape test polish wid sliver it la is held in a skeleton tube it 11 ft feet in dt 11 ameter tind 40 feet long lone the rite Ili mable pints of tills this telescope IKI nearly ro tons r rest st on oil a amsle concrete moncrete on crete covered b by it steel dowe dome feet high anti and feet beet in diameter 11 aneter tire llie tipper r portion of which latia lK tia about TOO tons hiis and ro R flint the roof opening may face an fn tiny il section of tit the sky about 10 electric motors and some 17 of etring take cure care of the ill nie menta of tile the telescope the leht collecting of this instrument Is said mild to be 1 I 1 greater than tint flint of the lie bullian pye etc fills makes possible tile the photograph ing of the faintest stars and brengi to the n fewer cpr than linn YX star alloch it Is 14 cl almed no other cm can reach 13 the he big cuddly yol r flior d hy T ahr eccli i explorers wily will bak I 1 11 k ion nii der lit in 1673 t as oft referred to us its llie file big muddy ro 1 wd by the he junction of it three rivers lit in southwestern montana Mont niia it lows acrons flint state zig through north th and smith dachota borins the lie eltern f ebli ka and pint part of kansas albeda ills bourl and some BODIC nilles miles north of st bouls I 1 auls or 2547 mills from till illi ill i city mont bollis tile the some calalin that flip lie Jef jefferson Terson forli fork in cited 1 rock ian k greik w k ahll rises risen inest nf df pirk park 1 00 mile of if city lly Is 14 in ril lr ry the lie upper h inn of nf the he lilt ilig mild luddy if tills this be RI so and one alno adds the flu mississippi to lo tile the gulf ulf tin I 1 it aher chi trinel more ilan ali iii nilles t in length bentli the llie long li ab nb P ebl t in ahe ali ril of ull nil the unruly rivers in flip r I 1 illi big sinddy mil lily la Is perhaps the mirtilla lt 1 plowing for flip part through divilly inal eroded land lands it car rles ries quantities of sibil in ili hilo i according to it dutoi inlo lilt the lIp wards of tons of nind this river clr appears to in take it keen delight dell clit in Reo tiring on off file tia points 0 of f ile bends ns tin in lill high water tile the alx 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