ABSTRACT
Bierce, Ambrose (n): A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of a telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a multitude of needless details.
astronomy. . .
Holmes, Oliver Wendell I love all sights of earth and skies, From flowers that grow to stars that shine; The comet and the penny show, All curious things above, below . . . But most I love the tube that spies The orbs celestial in their march; That shows the comet as it whisks Its tail across the planet’s disk, Or wheels so close against the sun We tremble at the thought of risks Our little spinning ball may run.
