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TELESCOPES OF THE FUTURE.—It seems very possible that certain innovations may be made in the construction of telescopes. Larger aperture seems required without much additional weight; the solid, thick disks for reflectors are difficult to cast, mount, and utilise in an efficient manner, and atmospheric disturbances affected their performance in no small degree. For general work, the really large instruments have been often discarded for smaller sizes by Herschel, Rosse, and Lassell, being found more serviceable and expeditious.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 122, 34 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122034a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/122034a0