File:Great Ex Telescope Cartoon.jpg

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Français : Caricature sur François Deloncle, publié le 11 septembre 1892 dans le journal Le Don Quichotte, tournant en ridicule sa proposition de construire pour l'Exposition de Paris de 1900 un télescope réfractaire géant qui, disait-il, allait raprocher la lune à moins d'un mètre.
English: Cartoon of François Deloncle, published in Le Don Quichotte, 11 September 1892, ridiculing his proposal to build for the Paris Exhibition of 1900 a giant refractory telescope "that would bring the moon within a meter".
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  • 2008-05-07 20:37 Ron B. Thomson 502×721 (452ko) Cartoon of François Deloncle, published in ''Le Don Quichotte'', 11 September 1892, ridiculing his proposal to "bring the moon within a meter".

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