GIANT TELESCOPE
CONSTRUCTION IN CALIFORNIA PROBING THE MYSTERIES OF SPACE ADDRESS BY MR W. D. ANDERSON
The construction for the Californian Institute of Technology of a remarkable 200-inch reflecting telescope formed the subject of an interesting address by Mr W. D. Anderson at the annual meeting of the astronomical section of the Otago branch of the Royal Society. Speaking of the wonderful progress made in the field of astronomy, Mr Anderson gave some idea of what it was hoped to discover with the new telescope. “ In the 300 years that have passed since Galileo invented the little magnifying glass from which have sprung the giant telescopes of to-day, man has tried to see farther and farther into space,” Mr Anderson said. “ And it
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Evening Star, Issue 23377, 21 September 1939, Page 15
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123GIANT TELESCOPE Evening Star, Issue 23377, 21 September 1939, Page 15
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