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When I was a kid, I borrowed Jean Texreau's How to Make a Telescope from the library and read it from cover-to-cover many times.[1] I never did have the resourc
by localhost 6y ago
When I was a kid, I borrowed Jean Texreau's How to Make a Telescope from the library and read it from cover-to-cover many times.[1] I never did have the resources as a child to go ahead and actually build a telescope, but by reading the instructions I had the opportunity to live out the experience in my imagination.
This might make for an interesting quarantine project today ...
[1] https://www.willbell.com/tm/tm3.htm https://www.willbell.com/tm/tm3.htm
- kitd 6y agoI picked that book up at a second-hand bookshop many years ago on a whim, not having much interest in telescopes. I was completely hooked! I even started (but never completed) making the mirror grinder. I still have wistful thoughts of making my own telescope one day when I have more time.