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THE choice of the best aperture for a very large telescope is less simple than it seems. The greater the generosity of a prospective donor the greater the care one should take not to overstep reasonable bounds, which are fixed by many technical considerations. Thus, when the point-blank question was put by Dr. Wickliffe Rose in 1928: “Do you want a 200-inch or a 300-inch ?”, careful thought was necessary, though a doubt whether one should attempt to surpass 200 inches was immediately expressed.
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Hale, G. The Astrophysical Observatory of the California Institute of Technology: The 200-inch Reflector. Nature 137, 221–228 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137221a0
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