Lord Rosse And His Work

In his earlier years Lord Rosse nsed to be a diligent obsorver with the great telescope which was eonipleted in the year 1845. But I think thoso who knew Lord Rosse well will agree that it was more the mechanical processes iucidental to the making of the telescope which engaged his iuterest than the actual observatious with the telescope when it was eompleted. Iudeed one who knew him well said he believed Lord Rosse's special interest in the great telescope ceased when the last uail had been driven into it. But the telescope was liever allowed to lie idle, for Lord Rosse always had about him some enthusiastio young man whose delight it was to employ to the utterruost the advantage of his nositiou in exulorine the wonders of the sky.