THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
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bed post about two feet long made the up- 
right of my stand, and a cleft cut with a 
saw received the brass circle. A bolt 
passed through the upright and through 
the hole in the brass when they were put 
together. By tightening the nut to the 
bolt, I could hold the tube in position, yet 
it would tip up or down by using a little 
force. In the lower end of the upright, I 
bored a hole and drove in a piece of iron 
rod about three-eighths of an inch in 
diameter. A hole bored in the window 
sill received the projecting end of this rod. 
So far my stand answered very well. I 
could mount it at my window, tip the tube 
up or down and from side to side, and have 
a pretty fair view. But if I wished to 
move my instrument, I had no stand on 
which to place it. There was in my room 
an old fashioned round stand, with three 
leet to stand on the floor and an upright 
to which was attached the top. In this 
top or table I bored a hole to fit the rod, 
and put my telescope on the stand, the 
same as I had placed it on the window sill. 
I had now as good a stand as I could wish 
for. 
In the evening, when making observa- 
tions, I could place a candle upon the 
stand, and beside it I could have my books 
and papers. In this respect it was better 
than any stand I have since used. 
It so happened that I never again at- 
tended the class in Astronomy, and the 
gratification which I expected to have 
when I could offer my telescope to the 
class, to view the wonders of the Heavens, 
I never realized. But when it became 
known that I really had made a telescope, 
I was beseiged with visitors to have a look 
through it, and when explaining the cost, 
and how I made the instrument, the ex- 
pressions of surprise and wonder were 
: more than sufficient to repay the pain 
caused by the sneers of the class, when I 
: ventured to suggest that perhaps we could 
make a telescope. 
Engraving on Wood — V. 
BY SARAH E. FULLER. 
HAVING cut the first block, place a 
small quantity of ink upon the slab, 
a,nd, with the dabber, beat it until it is 
very fine. Then lightly beat the block, 
allowing the dabber to remain a few^ 
seconds at each beat. By carefully inking 
a cut, the exact quality of the engraving 
is perceived. In this first lesson, the 
character of the lines is shown very 
plainly. Some lines, probably, will be 
found thicker in one portion than in an- 
other ; some wall seem to have lumps on 
them, and some will have been cut too 
thin. If such is the case, it will not be 
possible to make this tint perfect, but with 
care it may be much improved. The lines 
that are too thin must be let alone ; they 
cannot be mended. From the thick and 
lumpy lines, with a tool several degrees 
finer than the one with which the tint was 
cut, take off a slight shaving, now on the 
upper and now on the lower side, being 
careful not too take off too much, and so 
make the line too thin. When stops occur, 
turn the block downwards, and, with the 
same tool with which the tint was cut, re- 
enter the line, and cut the space of wood 
left, almost through to the end of the line 
Fig. 16. 
as it stopped. Then, with a fine tool, cut 
the remainder of the little stop of wood 
through on each side of the end of the 
lines, being careful not to make the ends 
of the lines too fine. When well done, the 
color of the tint will scarcely be disturbed 
by the meeting of the two series of lines ; 
and it is always better to stop, and begin 
again, than to cut crooked lines. 
And there will often be occasions when 
it will be necessary to unite tints, cut with 
different-sized tools, in this same manner. 
After trimming the lines of the tint as 
much as is necessary, ink the block again 
! in the manner described, cut a piece of 
; India proof paper, and lay it carefully 
