There are few instruments which yield more pleasure and instruction than the Telescope. Even a small telescope—only an inch and a half or two inches, perhaps, in aperture—will serve to supply profitable amusement to those who know how to apply its powers. I have often seen with pleasure the surprise with which the performance even of an opera-glass, well steadied, and directed towards certain parts of the heavens, has been witnessed by those who have supposed that nothing but an expensive and colossal telescope could afford any views of interest. But a well-constructed achromatic of two or three inches in aperture will not merely supply amusement and instruction,—it may be made to do useful work.
- АвторРічард Ентоні Проктор
- ВидавництвоProject Gutenberg
- Рік видання2005 р.
- Оригінальна назваHalf-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction.
- Тип книгиЕлектронна книга
