New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-05
AMERICAN INSTITUTE COURSE or SCIEN-
TIFIC LECTURES.
THE TELESCOPE AND ITS RELATIONS.

Prof. Alexander. Of the Ncw-Jersey Princeton
College delivered the second scientific lecture before the
American Institute last night, In stcnway Hail. upon
tne Telescope and its relations Prof Alexander on be-
ing introduced 10 the audience spoke as follows;
LADIES AND GENTGEMEN: II was noble figure which
Ruuyan used I'm his Holy war, In which he calls the
senses the gate Of the sOulthe met OF kuoWrdKe from
,yithout Among these nobest OF them ALL u the eye
cate the message through which from afar the glorics
Of light, borne upon the very WIGS OF mo
morning Quite as interesting, In some aspects, ~ the
"yo Itself through which We are enabled to see. And
then how beautiful and gOrouss the light entering as
it does through the unbarred gates OF thc morning. gu
ING with glory the canopy Of the sky revealing the as
tant mountainop and unvang the Jar lace OF natnle
Even its shreds and patches are beautu AZ ty
i'm the diamond or twinkle In the ewdrOp and the lght
comes back bushing itself because II has kissed
il light; but most grand and most beautiful
most glorious when reveals to us from aiar the gioes
OF tho great panoply that surrounds u.s. anu e Mt o
covereth himself with light as with garment AoHt glo
in the next place is the adapaon OF the eye no
light and Of hight TO the eye; on what simple telnR
fact that tho wonderful enanaton poured upon
way with the velocity which would accomplish Journey
by steam Of miles in single second without injury
70 that organ On the contrary light blessed tng Tor
the eyes, ana al inc senses hinohILo III l ~ P,,
The lecturer here illustrated by diagrams the eIect
light About the earliest mention of the of nstru
mcnts for dfusing rays Of light the use by the
composed OF precious order that he might fully
enjoy the contests Of the gadaors IN the arena Prof
light the platform showing the eject OF inc lght
entering at different points OF the mirror
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and said that he bad book in which there was an art
Gle y one Prof Alexander and as that writer was per
sonai friend OF his he would quote from It, Laughter
and checrs.l ,,, ,-., 49,.
Roger Bacon. 10 whom allusion has already been
madeJ I'm his OPUS Maius makes use OF such language
will reference to may be performed by reiraced
Visiop as render 10 somewhat probable mat nc was 40
Ieo.t acquainted with the theory OF areraclng tee-
econe Though there sufficient proof that ne CON
srncted one; aud Bapsta Porta Is said by WOnus 10
have made telescope but the description OF the istru-
Icnt nycn 10y the inventor Is very Detective ana ts IN
srnpent whatever it was, does not seem to have been
] al al-
distinct evidence that such instrument was used De
fore the BEGINNING Ofhc seventeenth Century Decartes
ascrbes tho Invention OF the telescope to James Meas
CJacob Adriansy) Of Almear. In Holland but huJIah-
well Boreus. TO John lAppeIishelln or LlPel1y'
(Hans Zanz or JanscnJ maker OF speclacles Q Middle
burgh Prof Mol after an examination OF onca papers
preserved i'm the archives Of the Hague comes 10 the con
cuson that on the nth OF October 1905 jacob Adfanhy
was in posseason the art OF making telescopes Dut
from some explained cause concealed H. aud taJ on
the 9let of the same month Hans IanZ or Jansen, was
actually in possessOn of the invention; but mere Is io
reason 10 believe that 10 devised bN either nm OF MS
son Zacharias though of them invented compound
microscope about tho year 1890 ono OF the earliest oil
the telescopes made by tho Jansens WAS presented 10
Prince Maurice TO used in his wars IL was IN April
or May 1909 that Calico first heard Of this, aud the M
strument was then described TO him rs ono which had
the property OF making distant objects appear as though
thoy were loaI Calico thereupQp OWNED now that