Philosophy
The PBS offering, "The Journey To Palomar: America's first journey into space", was better than expected...full of famous people and places: James Henry Breasted, Jim Gunn, George Hale, John Hooker, Edwin Hubble, Alfred Noyes, Russell Porter, Harlow Shapley, Charles Yerkes, Dale Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller Jr.; Corning, New York, Egypt, Mt. Palomar, Mt. Wilson. George Hale was obsessed with astronomy and was clever enough to know how to stroke the wealthy and famous to sponsor his projects. It is a documentary worth a second watch and even a purchase.
And it all started with...
"The Journey To Palomar: America's first journey into space"
October 2nd, 1608/October 3rd, 1947...optics/telescope
Palomar Observatory
- Palomar Observatory...1940 Footage Of Construction
Well, here are reels #2 and #3 of some historical footage of the construction of the Palomar Observatory. Unfortunately reel #1 has not been digitized as this time. The Online Archive of California is an initiative of the California Digital Library. ...
- “the Giant Eye”...corning Glass Works Participation
Ladle of Molten Glass on way to Mold 1934 "Mirror to Discovery" The 200-Inch Disk and the Hale Reflecting Telescope at Palomar January 10 - October 30, 2011 Rakow Research Library Corning Museum of Glass In 1928, the famed astronomer, George Ellery...
- Hale Telescope..."first Light" On January 26th, 1949
An historic moment from the past. The Hale Telescope saw is first light on January 26th. 1949 on Mount Palomar. On this occasion, the renowned Edwin Hubble had the honors of directing the telescope to his chosen object, which was a nebula previously...
- Italo Calvino's Mr. Palomar And Cosmology
Italo Calvino October 15th, 1923 to September 19th, 1985 Cosmological perspectives of Italo Calvino's Mr. Palomar as expressed by Orfeu Bertolami. Abstract: The character Mr. Palomar, the alter-ego of the Italian author Italo Calvino, appeared...
- October 2nd, 1608/october 3rd, 1947...optics/telescope
Wired... October 2nd, 1608: ...officials in the Netherlands pondered over a patent application. It was submitted by spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey for a "device by means of which all things at a very great distance can be seen as if they were nearby."...
Philosophy
PBS Palomar documentary
The Moon Is Up
by
Alfred Noyes
The moon is up, the stars are bright.
the wind is fresh and free!
We're out to seek the gold tonight
across the silver sea!
The world is growing grey and old:
break out the sails again!
We're out to see a Realm of Gold
beyond the Spanish Main.
We're sick of all the cringing knees,
the courtly smiles and lies
God, let Thy singing channel breeze
lighten our hearts and eyes!
Let love no more be bought and sold
for earthly loss or gain;
We're out to seek an Age of Gold
beyond the Spanish Main.
Beyond the light of far Cathay,
beyond all mortal dreams,
Beyond the reach of night and day
Our El Dorado gleams,
Revealing - as the skies unfold -
A star without a stain,
The Glory of the Gates of Gold
beyond the Spanish Main.
by
Alfred Noyes
The moon is up, the stars are bright.
the wind is fresh and free!
We're out to seek the gold tonight
across the silver sea!
The world is growing grey and old:
break out the sails again!
We're out to see a Realm of Gold
beyond the Spanish Main.
We're sick of all the cringing knees,
the courtly smiles and lies
God, let Thy singing channel breeze
lighten our hearts and eyes!
Let love no more be bought and sold
for earthly loss or gain;
We're out to seek an Age of Gold
beyond the Spanish Main.
Beyond the light of far Cathay,
beyond all mortal dreams,
Beyond the reach of night and day
Our El Dorado gleams,
Revealing - as the skies unfold -
A star without a stain,
The Glory of the Gates of Gold
beyond the Spanish Main.
The PBS offering, "The Journey To Palomar: America's first journey into space", was better than expected...full of famous people and places: James Henry Breasted, Jim Gunn, George Hale, John Hooker, Edwin Hubble, Alfred Noyes, Russell Porter, Harlow Shapley, Charles Yerkes, Dale Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller Jr.; Corning, New York, Egypt, Mt. Palomar, Mt. Wilson. George Hale was obsessed with astronomy and was clever enough to know how to stroke the wealthy and famous to sponsor his projects. It is a documentary worth a second watch and even a purchase.
And it all started with...
"The Journey To Palomar: America's first journey into space"
October 2nd, 1608/October 3rd, 1947...optics/telescope
Palomar Observatory
- Palomar Observatory...1940 Footage Of Construction
Well, here are reels #2 and #3 of some historical footage of the construction of the Palomar Observatory. Unfortunately reel #1 has not been digitized as this time. The Online Archive of California is an initiative of the California Digital Library. ...
- “the Giant Eye”...corning Glass Works Participation
Ladle of Molten Glass on way to Mold 1934 "Mirror to Discovery" The 200-Inch Disk and the Hale Reflecting Telescope at Palomar January 10 - October 30, 2011 Rakow Research Library Corning Museum of Glass In 1928, the famed astronomer, George Ellery...
- Hale Telescope..."first Light" On January 26th, 1949
An historic moment from the past. The Hale Telescope saw is first light on January 26th. 1949 on Mount Palomar. On this occasion, the renowned Edwin Hubble had the honors of directing the telescope to his chosen object, which was a nebula previously...
- Italo Calvino's Mr. Palomar And Cosmology
Italo Calvino October 15th, 1923 to September 19th, 1985 Cosmological perspectives of Italo Calvino's Mr. Palomar as expressed by Orfeu Bertolami. Abstract: The character Mr. Palomar, the alter-ego of the Italian author Italo Calvino, appeared...
- October 2nd, 1608/october 3rd, 1947...optics/telescope
Wired... October 2nd, 1608: ...officials in the Netherlands pondered over a patent application. It was submitted by spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey for a "device by means of which all things at a very great distance can be seen as if they were nearby."...