The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-21
THE LECTURE ASON
ErNn Kiln Lectures.
PROFESSOR oEI.sryD ON ASTRONOMY

ruOFEssoH oEI.sryD ON ASTRONOMY
Lest sycurg, Professor Omsted delivered the third
lecture Of shis course at the Broadway Tabernacle on
the Survey Of the Starry Heavens" A large and re-
spectacle audience wac present The lecturer satd-
Ladies and GeDtismen-W hen look abroad upon the
heavens, in starry night in the abssDce Of tho moon
the first thought ina. strkes the rastness Of tho
scsns-that the etass boundlcss IN number-and
hence from al antiquity The expressions as numerous
~ the s'srt OF the sy the upon the sea shore
Bus when 30 undertake 10 count the stars we are sur
yheo to hnd their number 80 small II go abroed on
clear u,pht. In the absence of tbs moon and actusy
enunersts the stars which occupy particular positions
OF The hsc,ens And yosy few scattered over the largo
space Tho fret enumeration Il the stars ever ATTEMPT
go was ~ Hppschus the Alex sndran sage who count
co hem at ca which greatly lees than most Of those
btfore would appTehena The fact is however that
We thaii ncver at one lime more than thousaad
even - were TO watch the entire nieh
1heto tss La existed from early period OF tie
wci'o Ind ere alluded 20 pDdeS the aes thsy
beer a. pytetnt b. the ancient Writer'S we tpi
hem Ia the BECK Of job and IL Is tad BY oiasiea au
thotes that they found in aesloi but we n hat
they are found IN Ecmer other writer's II
~t1deS 10 me WHOM the installations easily learned
ana their lta5sg cbaxact 70 easily tst
there shond he coDpara'ively, scquatntcd with
Sbsm. The star friends that 10 with US we nay
Traverse me Iemotest part Of the gicbewe may 60
dsiant naiors, where every bing changes
customs, habits, maDners-- bat these consellal1ns
emile upon us as at home with the saroe henenant az
the globe while mountains have riaau yaeys baye
filed seas have changed Their beds ano rive ~ their
cSuis, NeIow LOOK 10 tho samo shpgs In tho heavens
which evgsg the eys CT the wise men OF 8abglontbe
rsme that Noah saw and that Adam ard Eve sung the
eloiiee Of in parsd,se. When como TO survey the
beavers with the Telescope eores burst upon cur
view, the powers OF the instrune MT
No auxiliary has oontrived for himself has sided
his TO- bic much hey opd all Darson a. the
taetccpe ana microscope tue noblsst OF Instruments
for with the one We visit tho romotest parts
q? cratitn. aud with the other we aeacand
hfle hp hat
sport in the sunbeam and stand amazed between tLe
.so sbioh 70 admire The universe insect Rat IL
our purpose 10 Urold the riches OF the telescope and
were TO express tine principle of telescope in ss,y
terms IL would be Thus We FORM imsge Of a,stsat
ce.esta object and VIC magnify that image with mt.
ciosco2e We csIEo 60 90 the heavenly bodies a. hs
ocoD cE but may bring down TO us aad
VIZ We pave 10. iusss OF y we may apply msgnGer
70 tbat image In the same manner DO tD an los ec
Telescopes nave been generally described thst II Is not
necessary foi me to enter into detailed de- adoption OF
item Ills generally supposed that Lord Roses tss
scope "a the largest aud that Is mot DO werfn re-
Hector that mas ever been invented rbe tube IS hfty
et in lersth aud large dismeter that the Dean u
Ely walked through sbe tube from end to end With his
unbI,lle up. TheIe two telescopes OF
rcsns ccnstIuetlop which give excellent examples
efractos One Ia at ppieoya IN Eussia ard the other
OF the Hai7elo University. Our country lie nov in pos
session Of one CT some moeuituds, Abut superior
in eIoeltbcs. ana L would rather mys the Har.
vnrd University telescope, though it Is smaller
than the Russian eecauee 1t IL more manageable
TIE state Of the sris in the age in which VIC live nor
ccpd there have betn made in any preceding age Of the
wtrid an ntt.ment Ike them. cr OF the arts
vas not Sufficiently advanced any pre- sedirg period
to construct such telescopes In construction OF
these Instruments the highest sttsinm en,a chemistry
were requisite for OF thu rccoudte principles
In chemistry which made the most perfect speoulum
and the highest tete o optics requisite to give the
spectrum proper figure droat mechanical skill and
oil The force Of the steam engine, brought into
rqukiicn and the gfeatest amount of mechanical skill
requisite 20 give the instrument proper mounting
and TO proeexve It unhaken and steady giving Il the
power OF maintaining lie circles without moving Nor do
suppose that the city OF New York u to be deprived
oag o portion OF hs glory for there an artist IN this
city namea Henry Ritz VIII, makes tho best telescopes
cr ,seir power uIcc the fsoe OF the earth This T.
netiensl object and l would much prefer shs city
having the credit Of making the lest Telescopes
IN the world, rather thsn the sabre blades OF
Damascus or the purple OF Tyre. (Applsuse)
II We turn the ttescope upon of the brightest fixed
s'nrs the frat hing that will strike Il the extreme
beauty and density OF the light vhieh Is exhibited II
We view Sirius the eye Is dszzled with feed of liaht
Ike molten furnace II Is inspsrable to the eve ana
astronomer would contemplate With moxe pleasure
hces bum bic invisible Objects which to the NAKED eve
apresr dim Thcs, when he looks at the seven .tsrs
tbouea liz cen only be with the naked eve be Il
struck with The most brilliant spectacle IN he looks at
The ieades he will smother cluster III we view the
eassy through the Telescope travs, over worlds Of
vent IN succession that know end for inseed Of that
NIFTY appearance which presents itself to the naked eye
1870 nrc7 v1r'd r tts ucsf biNiart cSsctt present
hemfl7& - oux view. ~ .h5r such 40 tas powers Il