As in the 19th century could construct a huge 12-ton telescope

About 200 years ago in the astronomical environment there was a dispute. Messye Sharl made the list from more than hundreds objects which indistinctly looked in its telescope. Here such here excellent catalog of fogs. Scientists started discussing that this such can be: clouds of gas or congestion of thousands of stars which cannot simply be made out separately. And the only thing that it was possible to make in this situation is better to construct very big telescope to make out objects. Here "the Leviathan of Parsonstaun" became such telescope. It from far away reminded fortress. Source: wikimedia.org Telescope...