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WE have on many occasions recorded munificent gifts towards scientific research and education from wealthy Americans and others, and now and again it has been our pleasurable duty to call attention to instances of similar generosity on the part of our own countrymen. Naturally it is more gratifying for us to record the latter than the former, especially, perhaps, as the occasions are less frequent. The weekly edition of the Cape Argus for October 2 instances a notable example of such a gift in its account of the ceremony which took place recently of the unveiling, by his Excellency the Governor (Sir W. Hely-Hutchinson), of the inscription stone of the magnificent telescope which Dr. Frank McClean, F.R.S., has presented to the Royal Observatory at the Cape. This telescope was offered and accepted some years ago, but many delays have occurred.
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The Mcclean Telescope at the Cape Observatory . Nature 64, 632 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064632a0
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