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hcld onc before tho other, distant objects were
brought surprisingly near. Lipperahcy seized
upon the discovery, and reduced II 10 utility
py liking The lcnscs III draw.tuhcs, after the
fashion Of the modern telescope. TN apply.
Ing TO the statcs.Gcncra1 Of Holland, Oct. 2,
ltsH'. for patent. his petition was refused, be-
sausc :hc Aldermen could discern no bcuedt TO
Pe 1, sa's'i By thc Instrument. The Invention OF
appreciated. but ti,c obtusenc.s uf tho Dutch
Siates'Gcncral prevented the author from DC
r'yng any benefit from his discovery.
in ltE. Haltlcn constructed 4 telescope, Of
which 1c wrntr. tho following account 70 bio
hrotller'i'i-lav, Lallducct: "You muet know,
thc'It that. as'out two months ago, there wa4
fepoEt apreat! 1Icrc that fH Ftaudcss Fnmo ous
lad presented the Count Maurici (of Nassa,l
glass. lnanufacturcd Il, sucl, any as 10 make
usstant objects appear very near, 80 TINT mai
at the distance of two miles could be clearly
seen. THIS scemcf 70 rnc 80 marvellous that +
y, l'ayc iounlatfon 10 the scfeuce Of pcr.pct,-
tiTc' ct aiotst ta1nEing how to mako It, and
o. length found out, and have suceccdel ~
th Ws ,; ,nat tie one haye made Is far SUPERIOR to
if,at ! Ind ina,lc onr, md. 4 week slnce,
was commanded to Elbow It to his Serenity
and 70 all the members OF tho Senate, to tl,eIs
Infinite nsnazetnent. Many gentlemen and sc1,-
timc: the highest bcl.towers In Vcnice, to spy
out ships at sea making .ai1 for the mouth IL
The flarbor, and have seen them clearly. though.
Wlihont my telescope. they would have been In.
Visible Tor more than two hours. The effect Of
this instrument ta to show an object at lis-
tantc ol say ilfty miles, as II It were but Ave
miles o11.'' In December, lGo9, Calico casually
mentioned, In letter 70 Michael Angelo Buon-
nrotti, the younger nephew Of the great artist,
TINT he had Introduced some improvements iut4
TIC manufacture Of telescopes.
The astronomer Immediately. applied bis in-
filf of ffa sf1n do.J
with thu discovery of the four satellites Of
Jupiter, the nature OF the Milky Way, and tho
mountains Of tho Moon In 1910 he discovered
Triple" iiis se,eseopebaa @ M at st rst s11a "a1
nlty1oK power Of four dlametcrB, which
ho afterwaEd Increased 10 seven,
aud at last to thirty. Calico was for
Instruments, whlcl. he produced at tho expense
u much money and laiios or the first hundred
which left his hands, only ten were capable OF
showing ting satellites md fxed stars, and these
were tntcnI:d Us gifts to rclgn!ur monarchs in
Europe. There WIS a great curiosity concern
Ing these Instruments, md a corresponding de-
9. s!r1 TO p9ssess them; "Wc arc told.n. says
her eugcr,ees 10 scc Tbs Moo,, through the tele-
ecnEc,. would not wnit for # to be adjusted. but
went down upon her knees bciora the window,
thereby greatly astonishing the Italian gentle.
man or, WHO naa brought the telescope Into tho
Kepler received TIC news Of iallleo'a dtscoy-
cry Ut Juptter's satellites by means Of the tele-
sSoHs ~t Eee.9s 1Gy' md delayea not to
he was inclined to believe. then Ills own book on
Cosmogruphy must be entirely wrong" II was
not long before Kcplcr himself WAS ut work
with tho telescope, anu In 1911 he produced ono
glasses.
Huyelens, tho great Dutch philosopher.
brought the magnlfyinK power Of the telescope
, fag,cefslysly from thirty to forty-elFht, Gfty,
thua Improved. lie discovered IN 1865 The rirg
ot Saturn and the fourth satellite Of that
planet. Cassini, tho distinguished italian ~
tronomer, increasesl the inngnifytng power of
make slntlry new md important discoveries
with regard to the movements and satellites OF
tllc planets. The earliest astronomical oDserva-
tory having becn completed, at paris In 1907,
OF Colbert 10 become its first Director. For 197
years thereafter this institution was in charge
of Cassini-tlc father, son, and grandson
i Ja%ss Greeosg fg' e xbeeen asoov-
ercd Tug rejecting telescope: lie was but 81
lIs wa was showing thc satellites q Jupiter to hts
which hc held thc Profcssorshp Of Mathematics,
he was suddenly struck with total blindness,
and died few days after. Newton, llnylng
turned tlis attention to the construction OF tel
tho reflector, which later was brought to great
perfection by sir William Ilcrssl1cl and Lord
lsosse. It Is we'll known thnt 1Icrschel Spent
many la',orious years IN the manufacture Of .c'-
escopcs, performing tho dcltcatu operation nf
polishing the Elassco with Ills own hands. Tho
largest Instruments Of our century arc, accor,l-
ing to Flannnnron, that Of Ilerschet, which
inacniacs 5000 times; Of Lord Rose, which
nlagntnca U,Uo0 times; the foucault telescope
at MArscillcs. 4.0tU times; The reflector ut Mel
bourne, 1000 ttlnes; a.ll the Newall rcfractor.
Tho second astronomical observatory wa8 Cs-
tab]ishrl at GreeuW1sh In 1879; then followed ,
thc obscrvaiories at Berlin, In ITO, and at St
in 11:15,
hot WATER FOlt WOUNDS.
Hot waler III tha treatment OF bruises and
wounds Is strongly advocated bY certain medical
authorities. III proof Of It's efficacy, the New :
York iNeiieal Journal atcs the following case:
The hand Of workman In u machine-shop was
crushed uuder tho fall OF a trip-hammes weigh
Ing 700 pounds. Tho hammer wA4 arrested.
when within hal-inch Of It's bed, hut the palm
nj tho unfortunate 6and receiving the blow was.
reduced ta q pulp. Tho mctacnxlal bones wero,
extensively coln.''tnuted, yat, ln the hope Of
saving thu member, 1t was kept Immersed tn hot
Eyutcr for two or thrCD WcAkG. and then taken