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Imagine an astronomer at the base of this huge metallic structure, having at his finger's ends a dozen wire strings intricately connected with the oval system, and by the proper use of which he can increase or decrease the magnifying power of the ponderous telescope. IMAGINE AN ASTRONOMER AT THE BASE OF THIS HUGE METALLIC STRUCTURE HAVING AT HIS FINGERS ENDS A DOZEN WIRE STRINGS INTRICTLY CONNECTED WITH THE OVAL SYSTEM AND BY THE PROPER USE OF WHICH HE CAN INCREASE OR DECREASE THE MAGNIFYING POWER OF THIS PROPONDEROUS TELESCOPE
the educational advancement of these water spirits is their knowledge of astronomy. To them, under the water, the stars have always looked beautiful, and from an early date in their history a study of them has engaged the attention of their scholars. No one could tell the style of their telescopes if he should go to guessing for a week. Let me give you a brief description of one. They build a metallic pipe about ten feet in diameter and from a point some two hundred feet below the surface of the water. The pipe is built until it extends a few feet above water. Inside of this pipe is a series of transparent ovals of various sizes. These ovals are so arranged that the upper one throws its light to the lower one, down through the immense cylinder. Around each oval is built a series of fin protectors, which is the only part about the telescope I could not fully understand. They seemed to counteract the refraction of the water, and yet the water must be in the pipe to obtain proper results. OST SURPRISING FEATURE OF THE EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF THESE WATER SPIRITS IS THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ASTRONOMY TO THEM UNDER THE WATER THE STARS HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED BEAUTIFUL AND FROM AN EARLY DATE IN THEIR HISTORY A STUDY OF THEM HAS ENGAGED THE ATTENTION OF THEIR SCHOLARS NO ONE COULD TELL THE STYLE OF THEIR TELESCOPES IF HE SHOULD GO GUESSING FOR A WEEK LET ME GIVE YOU A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ONE THEY BUILD A METALLIC PIPE ABOUT TEN FEET IN DIAME AND FROM A POINT SOME TWO HUNDRED FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER THE PIPE IS BUILT UNTIL IT EXTENDS A FEW FEET ABOVE WATER INSIDE OF THIS PIPE IS A SERIES OF TRANSPARENT OVALS OF VARIOUS SIZES THESE OVALS ARE SO ARRANGED THAT THE UPPER ONE THROWS ITS LIGHT TO THE LOWER ONE DOWN THROUGH THE IMMENSE CYLINDER AROUND EACH OVAL IS BUILT A SERIES OF FIN PROTECTORS WHICH IS THE ONLY PART ABOUT THE TELESCOPE I COULD NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND THEY SEEM TO COUNTERACT THE REFRACTION OF THE WATER AND YET WATER MUST BE IN THE HEIGHT TO OBTAIN PROPER RESULTS
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