Star-land; being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens (1899)
Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir, 1840- [from old catalog] · Boston and London, Ginn & company · leaf 112
e in charge of an observatory are oftenvisited by persons who, coming to see the wonders ofthe heavens, and finding instruments of such great pro-portions, not unnaturally expect the views they are toobtain of the celestial bodies shall be of correspondingmagnificence. So they are, no doubt, but… … Fig. 38. — The Yerkes Telescope, University of Chicago. LOO sr.vi; LAND, own imaginations) so thai they are often sadly disap-pointed, Especially is this true with regard to themoon. 1 have seen people who, when they had a viewof the moon through a great telescope, were surprisednot to find Nasi…
Astronomy
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