Kippax, John Robert, 1849- [from old catalog] · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 522
in, and is supposed by Bar-ringer, Merrill, and other observers, to have been formedby the impact of a mass of meteoric iron of enormousand hitherto unprecedented size, but which remainsas yet undiscovered. It has been conjectured thatthis monster meteorite had a probable diameter of^YQ hundred… … The Yerkes 40-inch Refractor (The largest refracting telescope in the world. Its big lens weighs 1,000pounds, and its mammoth tube, which is 62 feet long, weighs about 12,000pounds. The parts to be moved weigh approximately 22 tons. The great J00-/wc/i reflector oi the Mount Wilson reflecting…
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