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WE are informed by Science Service, Washington, D.C.,that what will be the world's largesttele-scope, with a concave mirror two hundred inches in diameter—twice that of the greatest existing instrument—will be under construction within a few months. This important announcement was made at the California Institute of Technology on Oct. 29. The funds will be provided by the International Education Board of New York, which administers some of the Rockefeller benefactions. “The interest of the Board is based chiefly upon the successful co-operation of the Mount Wilson Observatory and the California Institute, and their belief that the provision of additional means of furthering this joint work may lead to many new advances in astronomy, physics and chemistry,” it was stated. “The full co-operation of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, of which the Mount Wilson Observatory is a branch, has been assured by the unanimous action of President John C. Merriam and the executive committee of the Institution, and by that of Director Walter S. Adams and other members of the Mount Wilson staff. The research policy of the new Astrophysical Observatory of the California Institute, which will be designed to supplement and not duplicate the Mount Wilson Observatory, will be determined by a joint committee representing the two institutions, aided by other leading investigators.”
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A 200-inch Telescope. Nature 122, 686–687 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122686a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/122686a0