The chronicle=news., 1914-04-16

kssAA City. No. April is.-
'Wssa tho s-w srtiessiax telescope
u the Cssaesse soia. ob.es, ssofy 90
Nous, Wiisos u samoisssd IL viii
ssiss tss moon sishia - nii~s Of
ias EARTH said Doaaid y. Heard.
ksssas City asisueosscs. is = tAik
10 The k-isis kius Of csssssi Haxh
r hoo, s~xvaiiy. The telescope 10
the largest 10 tho World. sssias .
disnstes Of Too iaehes. o. = Ia ters.
The vast problem ot stellar cso,u.
tios siil b. attacked vilh the Meant
Wiisoa sei~rope ssa nAsy epoeh.
mskias aisrosssics are In ssssv tsf
the easy,s q sricslisss. epspi,pca
with socrssoheiloxssphs. hs,oacsess
sad . battery q the soss delicate
isassvassta. Hslr
HAT IL 1. ih~ pSspos- o. lhis ssik
10 ruassd~s the h~Assss on the moon
and s-stsia prosirms OF her rhySiesi
constitution which this ss~st ae~
telescope uiii have. The p-iiueid sis
sbasc Moass wil,oa ~iii permit the
asc ot Tar higher power. ihsa ate
possiblr With Instruments ssssh -
the tc.ia.h ferkr- sefrse,ias ,cic.
seopv 81 WsiIism. Hay. wts.. tos in.
stssee. whore diameter is oaly tuo.
tiflhs az that Of the Moaat Wiisoa
reflector. The astronomers Oh Noaat
Wilson could peshspa usr an ryepieee
mssaityiaR 5000 diams,css. which
should bsiss the mooa. on the basis
oI her average distance Of :5>.coo
miles. wishia apparrnliy - miics.
Imagine tho distiaciacss with
which the minusesi details Of crater.
ray rili ssd moualain cseatpmcni
would appear To the observer al the
s,cpir.c. The flood Of lunar tiahl.
iaiCasittcti $500 times. ~ouid he un-
bcarabiy brilliant. Bu, aa simos, mi.
crus-p,icai shift Of the instsumcn,
would throw the entire moon son,y q
small portsoa Of whose illuminated
surface would be In the ticidp clcaa
out Of sight. 'H'"H
The lunar Appsalacs. then. with
a power such as ! have dc~eribcd.
would appear about like tho Rocky
Mountain range at a height Of oaly
30 uiies above the earth. hut since
there Il no water or atmosphere upon
the moon. the geological aSeucics
that modify tho contours Of earthly
mouutaius are absent. together with
any forms OF vegetable life. Il il
true that astronomers have ascribcsi
. certain increasing and dimin ishins
sfccnish tint to certain lunar mar
la. or so.cailcd sea bcsis''. such ~
the Mare scrcnitatis and the Mare
tiumoris. but all such suspected vari.
atlons or color changes are uusub-
stantiaicd.
''lf by any conceivable means =
person from the earth were able to
transport himself to tho surface Of
our satellite. a scene Of indcscribablc
loneliness and dcsolation would sur
round him. All Of the phenomena Of
aisht and day that We are familiar
with on earth would be entirely al
tered on the moon. The atmosphere
that cnvcio;,s the earth diffu.cs aud
spreads abroad blindineiy the light
OF the sun and stars. 20 that In the
daytime the stars are invisible. But
on the moon all this obsrurins veil
Of atmosphere would be absent, and
all the stars VIC see on the darkest
winter night. as we'll as an addition.
Al multitude that we never sec here.
would glow brilliantly and untwink-
insly In the lunar heavens.
And the sun. seen In all It's clar-
lty for the first time. would he
globe OF Incompatible Wilderness. cv-
en- perhaps tinEed with a certain
bluencse, like an arc light seen from