claim: Nellie Bly influenced Lois Lane.
evidence: Optical Mechanics , Inc. or OMI is a high-end American telescope and optics instrument manufacturer .. telescope. telescope. OMI was founded in 2002 and produces observatory telescopes , Lidar telescopes , optical tube assemblies , telescope mirrors and reflective coatings for mirrors .. telescope. telescope. Lidar. Lidar. OMI mirrors are used by other telescope makers such as Obsession Telescopes .. telescope. telescope. Obsession Telescopes. Obsession Telescopes. Also taking on custom projects , they produced the 48-inch Dob , a 48.875 in aperture , 4 , Dobsonian telescope called `` Barbarella '' and featured in Astronomy Technology Today magazine -LRB- June 2008 Issue -RRB- .. telescope. telescope. aperture. aperture. Dobsonian. Dobsonian. Astronomy Technology Today. Astronomy Technology Today. OMI is located in the US state of Iowa .. Iowa. Iowa. OMI procured the assets of the former optics company Torus Technologies .. OMI has an optics shop where it does work on telescopes .. OMI produced the 60 cm , f / 10 telescope for TUBITAK National Observatory in Turkey .. telescope. telescope. TUBITAK National Observatory. TUBITAK National Observatory. Turkey. Turkey. OMI built the telescope mount for the SuperWASP telescope .. telescope. telescope. SuperWASP. SuperWASP. The Robotic telescope Rigel Telescope was finished in 2002 , a Talon program controlled 0.37-meter -LRB- 14.5 in -RRB- F / 14 telescope .. telescope. telescope. Robotic telescope. Robotic telescope. Rigel Telescope. Rigel Telescope. OMI helped re-furbish the Gueymard Research Telescope at The George Observatory at Brazos Bend State Park .. Brazos Bend State Park. Brazos Bend State Park. The telescope 's mirror was degrading after many decades of use and exposure .. telescope. telescope. The 10 ton 36 inch aperture telescope was acquired from Louisiana State University in 1990 .. telescope. telescope. aperture. aperture. Louisiana State University. Louisiana State University. It is a cassegrain telescope , and one of the largest that is open to public viewing through an eyepiece .. telescope. telescope. cassegrain. cassegrain reflector. OMI had to strip off aluminum coating and re-surface the glass mirror .. The mirror was ground to a hyperbolic shape , and the refurbishment was conducted in 2014 .. OMI refited the 0.8 cm telescope at McDonald Observatory in 2011 to 2012 .. telescope. telescope. McDonald Observatory. McDonald Observatory. Another telescope OMI built was the CESAR Cebreros Optical Telescope at Cebreros observatory at the ESA Deep Space Tracking Station The telescope is a Cassegrain design with 50cm and a F / 10 ratio .. telescope. telescope. -LRB- see also Cebreros Station -RRB-. Cebreros Station. Cebreros Station