The Great Paris Telescope.
The Observatory of Paris has just been fitted up with a very fine equatorial, designed by Mr. Lcewy, and presented by M. Biachoffsheim. Its chief peculiarity is that the tube is bent m the middle to an angle of 90 deg., the whole thus forming two sides of a square. The light is imaged round the corner by a mirror at the bend, and sent up to the eyepiece. The eye end of the tube rises upward, and the observer sits on a chair above, and looks down into the reflected sky as if he were examining a microscopic specimen. This arrangement permits of great ease of working, and the usual cumbrous dome over the instrument oan be dispensed with.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 270, 11 October 1884, Page 5 (Supplement)
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124The Great Paris Telescope. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 270, 11 October 1884, Page 5 (Supplement)
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