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Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

CHAPTER V
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He says he is just packed to move to London.

He gave me his London address and hoped he should see me there; but I doubt if he does, for I did not like to tell him my address unless he asked for it, for fear of seeming to be pushing.
"August,...

I have been to visit Mr.Lassell.He called yesterday and asked me to dine with him to-day.

He has a charming place, about four miles out of Liverpool; a pretty house and grounds.
"Mr.Lassell has constructed two telescopes, both on the Newtonian plan; one of ten, the other of twenty, feet in length.

Each has its separate building, and in the smaller building is a transit instrument.
"Mr.Lassell must have been a most indefatigable worker as well as a most ingenious man; for, besides constructing his own instruments, he has found time to make discoveries.


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