American Engineer, Car Builder and Railroad Journal, 1898, Vol. 72 (Classic Reprint)
Author | : G. M. Basford |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2017-11-23 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780331776591 |
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Excerpt from American Engineer, Car Builder and Railroad Journal, 1898, Vol. 72 The address was an interesting and instructive presentation of the evolution of the present astronomical telescope from the ear liest record, the influence of the engineer in its development being clearly brought out. It was the improvements in the manipulating mechanism whereby the observer might do accurate work in com fort, and those which permitted of the attachment of the camera to the telescope that enabled the astronomer of to-day to complete in 40 minutes observations that formerly required four years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.