, 1866-03-26
epR TELESCOPE.
Ita Arrival In Chicago.... .Tho Wonder
fpl 6l.ss.-..What 1t nay
Be Expected to
Reveal.

0tEe"s 49, -eea VA t4aA kHAooAs I'LL ~
a yeas past It has been a fruitful theme
sL.nttes s,.s,.. ."N1 .aa s,1Ne " '4tno snoaR ON
actnalJ come al eJea viii mutually be cu1ioua
10 take peep through 1t, ii The celes,,a, scenery
which hss I'm, hosu nronoht uf,h1n ~ .eor. -
oe. ooeossaon- Ihe Telescope Vas hesalded On
Friday by tho maker, Alvan Clark. E>q., Of Cam
bridge, Aass. Who arrived here, accompanied By
hts eop md Prot T. Il. stafford, the astronomer Of
he University. They wae received bJ J. Young
members Of tic Astfonom,eal socaeiy, who cor.
poee Of inspecting the arr7pccmonts now in pro
Rrcfs for the erection Of the Instrument A few
dayt win sui1lce TO complete tho araneees 1t the
psoed. md Is aow expected lSat he vo.k o plac.
!ng the telescope IN posttion viii be commenced
before the close Of the present week.
md pas.ed o. IL III: 0n L s1ed E II d chi
cago al o'clock On Saturtsy afternoon, al as,e
and eound. l. ms packed in nineteen boxes,
besides which thcre were two large Wooden frsmca
and three heavy metallic e1stiugr. 1t v1ll be con-
yeyed 70 the University On hondav per the Bur
hnKton 4 Quincy railroad. The microscopes, be
4 o. s. hsnd % s
q this powerful instrument, and We need only
(earhly! careef. II was originally ordered By the
Stnte Of Ills -iEtpp! md purchased for the Un1yc1
e1ty. but At the outbreak ot the rebellion, the MIS-
OF the planets, being too bufilF occupied with mere
teHesl1tal matter, md the contract WIS ciren up.
ans uas sS e h;,s ts 81 prt ss.t mt .hsi
Horne, Eeq- ae:lnE lof the Asgpnomical soeeaY
Of Chicago, secured it for our University. Herr,
Cnt h,1 .ae sons : a's !opF Sats1s
OF the Garden City Will be several millions oTncles
nearer to the heavens th1n they now are and p1ll
Be Ii position to receive di.oe. iniosna,on ~ 70
Shn A1tt,. - Jr,t,1
de+patehts, perhaps, from the MAI IN the Aoon,
daily. >
,asEeet in tae world, lie spe1tEre Of is obiect
clsss. uticb il the ou}y S,,mension Of tmno,tsoes
bolur 1sX inches, while thll Of the next isrecst i
opiy Is nchee. IL worthy Of resrk That the glass
II Cu,l1ely without e1pcle speck or 1sw circrm-
etapce Of rarr tccurfence IN rlsss of hucb dfmen
sioue The local lcurth Of the ipstnmeui IL fwenty
sSe GO o. rs;s Is On secoant Of VI the dis sa
culty cxpcrieoced m cattinr them. Manv
csst1nr are thrown aide ~ worthless
cone IT. ia Of about lot + dise1e1 xe 9ne we
src vcrY few rlasses IN inc world eIcaedtng II
wh,ch nc quite perfect. 4 very common ad3Sprt
eln.S win m eccen,ric snertu.s. which n TUNED
deiscitve - poftioa fFona i he be- rsys % %w6,cS Would I
iest 4nis 10 e1.ss n' ueeds no sneb ses en- snS 19
In addition to it, being the lsrcctt, It e al.o
| the no.t perfect and dswless In The world.
my point IN the heavens BY motons upon 1so a.es g.
Tec1ed to lie po,th poJe Of he hssyen., b. mesns
esa s. made to osT +.
81. Dc teleseope mores wtih i The mounting
Be- %oscd by one nan % sna al hat Without 1aneh @ e
font. The tower ia soconetructed a. to be lndepsn-
dent of casualty which nay oecas to The rest Of
the bulldfDS. The tripod upon which the glass IL
placed stands upou soild, *elf:zusta1nuc pedes-
tai and the tntetor Of The dome il perfectly fire.
proof. The dome is constructed to fesoive freely
nothing hut the end Of the telescope is exposed 10
width rms nom the crown Of the dome to is base
Ion Of thss d apesnrs ercept ia, iumeaiaIR ~ si @ m
The use oi lie equatora, telescope il to take OBJ
tefTn,ipne OF ttAfp anywhere In the unper hep,i-
sphere In Or out Of the meridioual plane to wntch
pheocmena and 10 measure 1he small angles Of
dis,snee between ihs opposite disc Of The plane
available 5or the determination of actual bnt fes.
live position III. not ordinarily used fot 1akanr
the attitudes ofetars or noting the instant Of he
ascenttopA and ordinations Of The heayen-
y bodiee O. The locus OF The pace of Oh
tez,ation. Those ooms within fhe more
scope whIcs moyet onlr tn jhe niaue Of tie rnerd
an Or a. near thereto Is The mechanical iu7enui1y
Of the artists can &c, it. and the passage Of he
threads stretched 1, eupal intervals il The feI Of
Ttsion 1he enuntosia} has In Hnider threads hnf
tbey are ttFached On ftznee Ehtch nfc uoTable
" Wmmed thst 4 chap1e Of pos1t,on al one.rnii-
louth Of N inch may be uotcd and mfss.
rred. 81 mezne or the clocf work
sboye MENTIONED. the ccnsiosiai telescone
,s made ID foiioW ihe dlu,nsf motion Of mn All.
tr+ninc It wifhfn the nrii lar hnnrs fnrttRtp II
neeS r. wtthn,1f tnv frnnhfe IN fhr oheegyrr xThn
il inns fef, nre 10 Xxtch liz nhennmenon nrrs.,-
ted m IN ndinst his rnicrnnetrrs n fhe nrrnTS,a
sSsnr a,tsnces Of tvo o. the isme,er o ~ ne ~,
liz hesyenly bodtes. Thouch he e1u.ioEiai IA not
| dcpenned On 10 fod The eIact positIon al etsr
viii regard 10 he hoazon. to he metiSlan. OF 70
Tei the Euoupiluc circles Of ibts equatorial ase
rfsduated Win cHnt ninefy 10 marx rnfnu,es al ar
sna b. ihe Id 81 1ernjefs even thc fn,nnai nsrt1
ot minute rnaJ be zead with accuracy.
therefore be deaued 70 consist IN watching tha
hesyenlT nheEomena-to obserYe the mnyrnents
Of plane,sry satellites, discover lie COMO, NJ.
lions q tie 1unaT suriac<. md the changes xhieh
bod{c4 Which eoulpoec The eol1r eYsteu. 10 deIer-
m1pe tel91,ve poaiuons OF dxed stazs, and Of The
p,snei-, comets md asteroids, With regard to them
10 dtfeeet ont fhe cpn4tituton Of The f1thpm1ess
nebulous depths, and watch The changes Of position
| Of The members Of those woude1fuI etxr eysteme
wh1eh for wnnt Of better understanding Of lhe1l
eh1acaer xre called btn1r1e. tesntries and ouater
naries, though for aueht We know each of those rs
frme may be composed Of a much greater numbe,
al 1pdi.tdral utytes 1hau 1bose oF which the eolo
eystern consist In v1ew Of tts superior powt9 apd
pe15tc1lon We are warranted in anticipating g1ra
thlnrs iron Il tf pectuIY atterihe othef 1a r1meuti
peeded 10 complete the full se. OF obse1 v7ne appafa
ms sba1 h.yr BEEN eurynlied Indeed This rsss ba,
already e6ected enough to immor.slire he tele
| Ecorr II IL mole worthy Thai the fact. Ionr
tntpec,cd. th.t Sjrics Il one Of i btnstss
syxtrn vas rst ai.cuyered by iutans of thi. uises
| and lint fhe fsrt WI raIculaied nn ~ Ero}esso
safbrd, before it was ob*ezTed. The dtto,vezJ 0