在比尔城堡内,罗斯伯爵三世为了欢娱家宴上的宾朋,惯常要展示他那架七十二英寸的望远镜。在当时1846年,这架望远镜要算是全世界最大的了。粗大而笨重的木管望远镜就放在城堡外的二大堵砖墙之间,它必须靠伯爵庄园里的工人操纵滑轮和锤砣等独特装置才能移动。如果爱尔兰冬天多云的气候条件许可的话,伯爵就将望远镜朝向天空,接着在客人们叽叽喳喳的交谈声,工人们的吆喝声,以及木制望远镜的吱吱嘎嘎的响声中,伯爵费力地描绘起星云草图来。其中有许多星云是通过这架望远镜第一次观察到的。相距一百三十五年以后,我在亚利桑那山顶用 Within Bill Castle, Count Rose III used to show his 72-inch telescope to entertain guests and friends at home. At 1846, the telescope was the largest in the world. The bulky and cumbersome tube telescope was placed between two large brick walls outside the castle, which must be moved by unique devices such as pulleys and hammers operated by the man in Earl’s estate. If Irish winter cloudy climates permit, the Earl will aim the telescope toward the sky, and then, as guests ’chirping conversations, workers’ cries, and creaking wooden telescopes eagerly portray the nebula Sketch to come. Many of these nebulae were first observed through this telescope. One hundred and thirty five years later, I used the top of Arizona