National Republican., 1888-04-08
TIM <lyN. on~ruv >rouy
should ", Equipped win the Largest
aud nest Telescopes.

Wtnu The llg,. telescope at tnr naval rl-
.'',atprl IN thi, city was manufactured 1t
W'~ the IgrgD i uur tl,t hal ryrr been mad,
CrlL, purposes for which It We, iu'Hl"n
liu' -ir,, that time The telescope ut ths ~ IL
ui.GN,tDg, or the University az t'hfpWn
ha, been constructed and put ,u'ur.". +,
/. ruw source ui rn-rot that The naval ub-
,,rNIu, conducted hy ih" Jr't.i s,t. b..
go,ruLru' 4, npt able - CON. .u;r ,u ..D.,.
nH! win ,h" Lick uh.oryatorl iu '1,ius
ul urNH'ir. and i'm rottr- the m0}.u gr-
Of rl' heavenly hoiir..
TIE r,-mur,,, Of ,li, .oypw a.l. tga .,A
plo and sufficient les equip ihr hr"'..ithpr>
N.,h lrr largest and lr,t Instrument, tl'
can u, mtuutar' 'r" !, and ID I, lInh jp,,i
That ii Will be- don" hrrJrr very miuy yrnf
lDNc elapsed. 80 that t'n iuiomttinn 80
uiu,l 10y our government mJy 1r Irr w.,
h,N and mu.t Icli.hlr that can be-. I Cpu
any r"ltvr Whatever Prof. EJvGsd :
llulu,u. director ui iNr Lirl, uh.uryuitry r'
a., University of California, b.. l.ps
given some very Interesting information H
regard tu lh, great ,,'r.r"y' "f that h.'i.n
tiun lh i>ii two WEARS before Mr. james
litk died. lo made over 10y decd tu body
OF trustees SiOum0 for procuring for i,rr
University OF tuiilorria IA tc.esrup, Of
rrcntcr power than any vet made" This
rtUyisO was made 20 condition Of the .,it.
iricr Mr.. lcl,'s death, which occurred IN
lsiG tie trustees went to WORK tp nlrrE ~
the expressed wishes or Mr.. Lick. hlt
many legal obstacles were put IN th,ir ~.
and " was not jInttl June ~. lSS3. That ii ,
cornerstone oi The university was tail.
The site Of the university stlsat' bf VI.
Lick before his death was Mount li.n'tDn.
Ernr his home, IN the santa Clara valley.
Much difficulty was cSprrnn al nv II,
trustees IN getting he lens Uf IN" prDp = -
madc The lens Is thrty-siY inches IN c..
clear. being the largest object glass In il'
world. and CnllJii,s the expressed object
uf tie $4,000 donation. IL has 6iS inch
focus, The tube is nearly cylindrical and j.
.iN,y feet In length. II was mounted hy
Warner Il Swasly. of Cleveland, Ohio.
The flint disk was ohtaucl from ficl IN
Arrl. lS>2, and after nineteen failure, the
crown glass disk was cast successfully IN
September. lSS5.
Ike third Photographic crown lens was
purchased from Ficlin 1856 and broke while
III the hands Of the Ciark-.
In l-s1 Mir .tlvGn g.. Clark IOugh, IN
Par!s from Ficl Tie crown glass. which i
worked wiiha third lens. In addition to
IL mgCnifying power AMI 1t, perfect dclni-
tiun. /. e., ncatrcsS, accuracy. &C.. this :"l-
cscorc has great liglt-gathcriug power lnl
stars may be seen through 1t wlic! are
3O,GGO times fainter than the fa!n,es' sa,n
by the naked eye. and the moon will ap-
pear under the same conditions Us If Z were
seen hy the naked eye NJ about ?)1 mile,
from the earth.
after having been mounted the great tcle-
scope was first directed tp the sky on the
evening Of Jan 3, lSSs. anl few ubscrva-
tions were made FOR III" purpose Of adjust
ing the object glass. The next observations
were made on the evening Of Jan. :. iSSS.
II was then that Saturn was observed. and
Mr. hcclcr, who was the observer. saws
that II was the most glorious tclesCopic
spectacle ever hehcld," aud then adds. mot
only was was he shining with the brilliancy
due TO the great size Of the objective but
The minutes, details of his surfacc was visit
bic with wonderful di.tinciness.''
lr0f. Holden, who was the presIcn. Of
the university, resigned that position 10 be-
come director Of the observatory, which
position hG still holds.