The biggest and most powerful telescope in the world has recently been installed in Mount Wilson Observatory, America, more than a mile above sealevel. With its parts, it weighs 100 tons, and the great mirror alone is 13in thick, lOOin in diameter, and weighs •th ton 9.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16555, 14 October 1921, Page 6
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