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Achromatic versus Apochromatic Lenses in Telescopes

Creating Your Own TelescopeMaterials that you will need: Magnifying glass, Masking tape, Flashlight, Thin piece of paper, a pair of reading glass with low numbers, yardstick, and an assistant.
Tape the reading glasses to the yardstick making sure one lens is out on the side.
Place the flashlight on a stand about twelve feet away.
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THE ART OF CONVERSATION.

The grand object for which a gentleman exists, is to excel in company.
Conversation is the mean of his distinction, the drawing-room the scene of his glory.
In company, though none are “free,” yet all are “equal.
” All therefore whom you meet, should be treated with equal respect, although interest may dictate toward each different […]

LAWS OF MAGNETIC DEVELOPMENT.

FIRST LAW: Discovery of endowment.
The limits of magnetic endowment latent in every normal person emerge only through prolonged effort in the culture of magnetism.
SECOND LAW: Difficult environment.
Magnetism develops in direct proportion to the difficulty of environment.
THIRD LAW: Magnetic intention.
Magnetism evolves solely through multiplication of endowment into environment by the persistent […]

FEAR AND REASON.

“In civilized life it has at last become possible for large numbers of people to pass from the cradle to the grave without ever having had a pang of genuine fear.
Many of us need an attack of mental disease to teach us the meaning of the word.
” William James.
We have all heard the […]

ONE-MAN POWER.

Every successful concern is the result of a One-Man Power.
Cooperation, technically, is an iridescent dream things cooperate because the man makes them.
He cements them by his will.
But find this Man, and get his confidence, and his weary eyes will look into yours and the cry of his heart shall echo in your […]

IMPORTANCE OF GOOD CLOTHING.

First impressions are apt to be permanent; it is therefore of importance that they should be favourable.
The dress of an individual is that circumstance from which you first form your opinion of him.
It is even more prominent than manner, It is indeed the only thing which is remarked in a casual encounter, or […]

LOVE AND FAITH.

No woman is worthy to be a wife who on the day of her marriage is not lost absolutely and entirely in an atmosphere of love and perfect trust; the supreme sacredness of the relation is the only thing which, at the time, should possess her soul.
Women should not “obey” men anymore than […]

LAWS OF MAGNETIC ACTION.

FIRST LAW: Relation of Power to “Tone”.
The effectiveness of magnetism in action depends upon harmony of “tone” between its possessor and any other person, and in securing such “tone” harmony, on any magnetic plane, in any particular psychic state, at any given time, psychic and physical magnetism mutually cooperate.
SECOND LAW: Magnetic Intention.
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PREPARING FOR OLD AGE.

Socrates was once asked by a pupil, this question: “What kind of people shall we be when we reach Elysium?” And the answer was this: “We shall be the same kind of people that we were here.
” If there is a life after this, we are preparing for it now, just as I am today […]

PHYSICAL TONE.

“In the healthy body every cell is polarized in subjection to the Central Will.
Perfect health, therefore, is orderly obedience, government and harmony.
Every cell is a living entity, whether of vegetable or animal potency, and wherever disease is, there are disunion, error, rebellion and insubordination; and the deeper the seat of the confusion, the […]