The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-21
THE ECTURE ASCN
Franklin Lectures.
PROFESSOR omr.sryp ON sa~posow

PROFESSOR oMLsryD ON ASTRONOMY
Last eyon'rg. Professor Oiustcd delivered the third
lecture Of shs course at tie Broadway Tabernacle on
the Survey Of the Starry aeevensr Iarye and re-
epeotable scdisrcs present. The lecturer said:
Ladies and 6entismen-W hen look abroad upon the
heavens in starry night in the abssDce Of tho moon
the first thought that strikes s the rasness OF tho
ecsns-that the etass $40 boundless .u numbsr-and
hence from all antiquity the expressions as numerous
As the stsr Of the ely the upon the sea shore
But when ve undertake to count the stars We are sur
y,eo TO Lnd their number small II we 70 abroad on
clear useht in the absence of tbs moon and actually
enunerste the stars which occupy particular poious
OF he hec,ens We nnd very few scattered over the largo
space The itt enumeration o the ever attempt
ed was BY Hipps'chus the Alex sage who count
ed them at o29 which s greatly lees than nost those
before me would appTehena The fact Is however that
Se fhaii never at lime see more than a thousand
even II TO watch the entire night
qheso stars have existed from very early period OF ts
wttio and are alluded to under the names they
beer o. psostnt b. the most ancient Writer'S We hnd
hem Ia the Beck Of job and IL s tad By casca au
tlorties that they found in aeslot but We
they are found IN Eomer othcrancent writer's II
wt1der 20 me whea The cancellations easily
ala tnsf ltadBg chsTaote rs,ics easily thst
mere should be comparatively so few scquaiatcd with
Ssn. Ibe star sgo friends that 20 with US We may
uaye.ee the 1emotet part Of the giobewe may 90 70
distant naorsi where everyibing changes language
customs, habits maDners--but these cons,elIatons
smile upon us as at home with the same benieusbt a.
psct; End mortorer while everything else ~ changed
upon the globe while mountains have aan ys,,eya have
hec up have changed their beds ana rivers their
coaSs, ycIow look 10 the things In tho heavens
which ssgse the eys Of the wise men OF 8aoylon-the
same that Noah tsv and that Adam ard Eve sung the
go'iet ef IN parsdise. When We come TO survey the
beavers with the Telescope 1ories burst upon our
x-w con urste with the powers OF the instrument
No auxiliary has oontived hins slf has aided
bis ie- Bile loscrs so much hey ood all parson
t'stcope ana microscope tue noblsst OF instruments
for with the one We visit tho rrmetest parts
cf cr aitn. nnd with the other we jeecspd
through myrads Of beings below the insects chat
sport TIE sunbeam. and stand aniazvd betwesn tla
tso sbich 70 admire the universe or an Insect Rat II
our purpose TO Urld the riches OF the telescope ana
were to express tne princpe of the telescope easy
Terms IL would be Thus Wo FORM imsge Of q dists at
ceestial object AID We magny that image with mt.
ciosco2e We csnnos 60 70 the heavenly bodies the
moon or inttaI but We may bring 1t down aad
when We bave The iusgs Of il may apply our magner
to that inssein the came DO &, an asect
Tsoopee have been 50 generally descrb,d that IL Is
ntcsfry foi NE TO enter Tito detailed de- apon OF
item ~ is generally supposed that Lord Roses tss
scope IL the largest aod that 1t Is ehs po werfu re-
Hector that has been invented rbe tube s dfey
eet IN 9Th and rrRt dismeter that the Dean IL
by walked through sbe tube from end to end With hs
vnbitna up fheIo age two telescopes OF comparatively
rc*Ds ccnstIuct1op which give excellent pies OF
rsi'actos One il at PpleoYa In Eussia ard the other
sttbe Hai7sio University Our country h nov in pos
session Of one of some magnitude abut superior
in exoelisBes. ana 1 would rather fave the Har.
vnfd university telescope, though it Is smaller
,5sn ,ns hoss'1n o:eause y i more MANAGEABLE
the state Of the arts in the age in which We i've nor
ecpd there have BEEN MADE In any preceding age Of Tho
wrid an nstrgment Ike them fcr of the arts
vas not Sufficiently advanced at any pre- eding period
to construct such Telescopes for In construction
these Instruments the highest Gttsnm ents chemistry
we're requisite for II of ths rccopdte principles
In chtmistry which made the most perfect speouium
and the highest stete of optics requisite give the
spectrum proper figure Great mechanical skill and
all be force OF the steam engine. were brought into
rqusion and the gfeateet amount of mechanical skill
was requisite 20 give the instrument proper mounting
and TO profexve 1t unhaken and steady giving the
power OF maintaining ts circles without moving Nor do
suppose that the city Of New York Ia to be deprived
long Ct portion OF this glory for there Is artist this
city named Henry Ritg VIII, makes tho best telescopes
cr their power urco the fsos OF the earth. This Il
netitnsl object ard I would much prefer this city
having the credit CT making the lest Telescopes
IN the world, rather thsn the sabre blades OF
DsmGcus or the purple OF Tyre. (Applauss)
II We turn the Telescope upon Of the brightest fixed
stnrs the rft hing that will strike Is the extreme
beauty and density Of the light which Is exhibited II
We view Sirius, the eye Is dszzied with feed Of liaht
Ike molten furnace II s insp.rable TO the eve and
an astronomer would contemplate With move pleasure
ihces hun bic invisible objects which the naked eve
apreer dim Thus, when he looks at the seven stsrs
though dx cen only be with the naked eye he Is
struck With the most brilliant spectacle II he looks at
The fleades ne Will sec another cluster IL we vew the
gssxy through the telescope travs, over worlds Of
hs 10 euccesson that know end inAtsed Of that
NIFTY appearance which treene itself to che naked eye
so'0 rrer void tts v1oek bfiinrt cNscts present
hent7x ~ o1l view. - tL5r sash s-s tae pJwSrs q