Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-01-05
TO HUNT HIM OUT
GETTING READY TO LOOK Fer
THE MAN IN THE MOON.
u lie Realty Lives Ia the Land % Green
Cheese lie Cannot Escape the Glgsa-
tic Telescope which Il - Proposed
to iIuIld in France.

look for the man IN the moon.
Perhaps il would ne more accurate
to say that il is proposed To lind ont II
there are any men and women or other
animate creatures living on the SUR
face of earth'S satellite This state
ment Is based ON the talk recently re-
viyed concerning the big spyglass
which il Is hoped To have completed
in time To be one OF the features Of tho
Paris worlds fair in 1900. II all that
is hoped for be accomplished by the
telescope it will b. possible fof the
human eye with its aid, to discern
objects as small "a five feet In di-
ameter. II that can br done. Of course,
any men or animals similar in size "a
those on the earth will be visible,
Single individuals, 1t is true, will
make bat the tiniest of ,pecks, but No
considerable number Of men or beasts
could congregate without being seen,
and gathering Of lunarian- at, say
a clam chowder or convention 10
nominate governor, would make il
very respectable showing Ii would
u
small Wedding party ot q dozen An
army 81 100 oJj man 90 the march
would look like "a great dark mass 90
I ininiteSimal insects SLOWLY moving
acros, the lunar surface. and ii i.
7 quite certain that, with such yetF-
scope a. Is proposed sweeping the
I meOnscape, no war could be- iu pro-
gre,s there without its eyulufi0u, be-
ing seen.
Detailed Information a. 30 the tyfa,
81 telescope it & Intended to bulld fnr
! the prosecution Of Inc >earyh for the
I inhabitants OF the moon Il uot arce.,f-
BILE 10 the present writer When th,
/ project was first bcOa'hed IL Was init
mated that d reflector world 81 built
aud not rcfrartnr The biz American
telescopes are rrfractDr. as arr. fr-
I deed. all great glasses that have hrru
I built Of late wears anywhere The
Y chief difference between Il rrfrAttiut.
aud a rejecting glass is indicated bs
/ the titles applied 70 the two typ.~
I The light Is received bv the refrartiug
I TELESCOPES through a lrus pr ohi.,rt
| glass the same as In an ordinary field
or opera glass which tends or focal.
iles the rays 80 point. the magnify.
ing power being graduated by The dis.
lance between the lens and the focal
points This large lens {. not the only
one. however, through which the
Light is conducted After being H..
eu-ed il is passed through second
smaller lens called the cye pie,,.
which Increases the maguifying power
of the instrument still further.
In the ralectiug telescope convey
mirror is used in place OF the object
glass. and the light. instead ~ pa...
ing through . lens for iocalization. l.
reflected 20 focus a. that point IL
IS received by an ryc-Dicce. in the
same manner a. the refracting in.trp.
nent
Different cye-pieces produce differ.
ent degrees ~ enlargement. and thnr.
would be no reason why, with the
proper combination 81 lenses. apy
magnifying power desired could Mi
be obtained were Il not that epop,b
light cannot b. got 10 make III.
image distinct when the higher
powers are used. Thus, in oh.erying
a star all the light that can be ~.
tanned Is the light Of that star Ttf.
Is sufficient to make di4tipct irtag,,
so long as il Is small; when the i,ras,,,
Is made larger the image Il rnrrs..
pondingly fainter. and II too grea, T,
magnifying power is used the fuagc
becomes 50 dim that an the detail.
are lost.
All this should be clear III the mind 4
OF the reader in order that II MAJ =. 4
understood why 80 many d stropn,,s,..
shake their heads when The proposed .
monster telescope Is spoken Of and .ay
that II i chimerical scheme. M n,i, I
Tor locking up lot Of good monor +,
q glass q such extraordinary dirpen.
slOns as that projected f. built so,
THESE gentlemen. it will be- inuo--ttl,
10 make anything out. ana whon Il 4.
iufther explained to them that IL il
proposed % build a reflector ins,ead
OF q refractor, they speak Of Tho oreat
reflector built By Lord Roa.e nan,.
years ago, the mirror Of which ,ga.
seyenty-two inches or six feet IN dim.
eter Just twice rs large as the In.
OF the Lick telescope. The Rose tala.
scope was notorious failure. and 4.
Is claimed that none Of Tho bio olasscs
have accomplished what has been -,
pected Of them.
" nateyer may be the performance
q The proposed telescope after 4 h
finished, its conception .,da ~
ana its size will bc 50 great a. 10 COM,
pei respectful interest The necsssar,
local length Of the instrument has
been computed TO be- 1873 feet ,lbo
oig mirror is to be nine feet ten incbas
N diameter, ten inches more than
tnree times that Of the Lick obiect
glass. V"ie'I
These figures grow on you a.
you think Of them. Tho III. =,
the proposed telescope will not ~
much less than 1875 feet lone S,a,d
ing on Broadway sidewalk il would
nearly block up the way. and wonlJ
reach as high as the latest twelvc nv
story buildings. Tho mi.,.ea
would he "a 81 lott 'i' w