A new observatory, with a giant tel scope, eroded by tho Canadian Gover ment at Victoria, Uvilish Columbia, li been completed. Tho building was begj four years ago. The reflector of tho nt tckseopo is 73 inches in diameter ai 12 inches thick. The tube is sufliciont large to allow a small motor-oar to j driven through it. The movable pat of the teloscope weigh more than 10 toii nnd the lens alone weighs over 400011 yet so evenly and perlectly is it W iinced that a man can move the great 1 strumont with one- hand. < (Tlio cahlo news In this iasuo aooredttJ to tho London "Times" lias appeared ! that journal, but only wlicre exprcsij otated Iβ such new 3 the editorial opinii nj the "Tinieß.")
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 79, 28 December 1918, Page 7
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127Untitled Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 79, 28 December 1918, Page 7
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