Chapter Six - Mending The Telescope

The Old man from Gloucester agreed to have a look and mend what he could repair./n/nWe deconstructed the dusty telescope, piece by piece, and realised that the lens needed to be changed. An old shop in London managed to get a replacement part for this great lens, made in Bohemian crystal. There was also a special Opal iridescent quartz to change for the reflection – He had never seen such an elaborate system before – and he did mend the Planets' system mechanism./n/nAll spick and span – The old man got emotional when he handed it over to me./nHe also handed me over some documents he found in the box that contained the Telescope – A torn page from the Oxford Sky Map, A manual to build a Rocke...View all