, 1877-03-17

the year 1905, the youngsters CHANGED to note
that, By looking through the TWO lenses named.
held one before tine other, distant objects were
brought surprisingly near. Lippershey seized
upon the discovery, and reduced It to utility
By fixing the lenses In draw-tubes, after the
fashion Of the modern telescope Tn apply
ing to the States-General Of Holland, Oct Q,
1906, for patent, his petition was refused, be-
/ cause the Aldermen could discern no benefit to
be gained BY the Instrument The invention Of
/ LlppxrshcT was too valuable to remain long un-
| appreciated, but the obtuseness Of the Dutch
Statcs-General prevented the author from de-
! irving any benefit from his discovery.
In l609, Calico constructed q telescope, OF
! which he wrote the following account to his
brother-in-law, Landucci: "You must know,
report spread here that in Flanders some one
had presented the Count 3aurid (of Nassau .
glass, manufactured in such Way as to make
distant objects appear very near, SO that man
at the distance Of two miles could be clearly
seem This seemed to me so marvellous that 7
began to think about it. As it appeared to me
! to hayc iounaation in the science OF perspec-
1lEe, set about thinking how to make 1t, and
1t length found out, and have succeeded so
well that the one have made is far superior to
the Dntch telescope. It was reported In Venice
Ihat l had made Que, and, week since,
was commanded to show it to his Sercuitv
anu an to all the members Of the Senate, to their
infinite amazement. Many gentlemen aud Sen.
ators, even the Oldest have asceutie1l at yario1s
times the highest bell-towers In Venice, to 50,
out ships ut sea making sail for the mnutt, &
the haroor, and have seen them clearly, though,
without my telescope, they would hare been in,
visible for more than two hours, The effect OF
this instrument Is to show an object at a dis
tance OF say fifty miles, a. II it we're but 8re
miles OIL" In December, 1900, Calico casually
mentioned, in letter to Michael Angelo Buon-
arotti, the younger nephew of the great artist.
that he had introduced some improvements into
the manufacture OF telescopes.
The astronomer Immediately applied his in
strument to the study Of the heavens, and, In
the same year Of its construction, was rewarded
with the discovery of the four satellites OF
Jupiter, the nature OF the Milky Way, and the
mountains Of the Moon. In 1910 he discovered
the phases of Venus, and the fact that Saturn
was triple" His telescope had at first . mag
nifying power OF four diameters which
he attcrward increased to seven,
and at last to thirty. Calico WIS for
time very busy In the manufacture Of these.
of much money and labor. OF the first hundred
which left his hands, only ten were capable OF
showing the satellites aud fixed stars, and these
we're inteodcd as gifts to reigning nonarchs in
Europe. There was great curiosity coucern-
ing these instruments, and corresponding de-
sire to possess them. ave are told ss7s
GaIileo's biographer, sshow Marie de Medici, in
her eagerncss to see the Moon through the tele-
went down upon her knees before the wtndow,
thereby greatly astonishing the Italian gentle
man who had brought the telescope into the
Royal 1c p5ezsnss,' zs'.s, -. ,.,,. =, c.,.o, ,,,,
err Of Jupiter's satellites by means OF the te1e-
scone. with generous iov. and .ieiaSea n,,s to
dcciarc to him .sthat' i he we're ripht which
be was inclined to believe, then his own book Oh
(,osmoornI,hv must he entirely vrnnv, r. ,ras
NOT loug before Kcpier himself was at work
with the te!cscone. antI in 1e11 he nro4lucei ona