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...Harvard Observatory at Cambridge will soon become possessor of the largest telescope in the east, it was announced last night by Dr. Harlow Shapley in a speech before the annual dinner of the Bond Astronomical Club. It will be of the reflector type, similar in size and in the general details of construction to the 60-inch telescope of the Harvard Observatory now being installed at its southern Station in Bioemfontein, South Africa...
...first time that the move had already been taken, and that as a matter of fact the contract was already in the hands of leading eastern manufacturers, who will bid for the privilege of constructing it. Together with the announcement that the telescope was shortly to be erected, Dr. Shapley discussed other items in the new development plan, including the construction of the new annex to the main building of the plant, and the inauguration of organized systematic work in the study of meteors, a branch of the science which has been neglected until...
...Shapley has for a long time gone over the available territory in the neighborhood. It is probable that at the site where the 60-inch reflector will be lo-equipment will be installed. At the present time ten different telescopes are in use at the Cambridge station of the Observatory. For some of these a considerable gain in effectiveness may be obtained through moving to a higher altitude, and to a greater distance from the dust and light of the city...
...Bond Astronomical Club, of which Shapley is one of the three counsellors, is headed by Professor W. R. Ransom, of Tufts College, and meets periodically at the Harvard Observatory. It was founded for the purpose of bringing amateur study to bear upon the problems of modern stellar science, and consists of prominent professional and amateur scientists. Its rapid growth was one of the leading causes for the recently announced annex to the main section of the University plant, since existing accommodations are proving too small for the frequent meetings of the club...
...talk Shapley plans to outline the coming radical expansion in the existing Observatory group, and will describe an additional feature of prime importance to the future of the study of stars at Harvard...