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Article: Einstein's telescope found gathering dust.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- September 23, 2008
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Einstein's telescope found gathering dust
Jerusalem, Sept 23 (PTI) -- Albert Einstein's telescope, which he donated to the Hebrew University along with other artifacts, has been found gathering dust in the basement of the varsity's abandoned planetarium building here.
Dr Eshel Ofir of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem came across the invaluable find which was logged into records,but nobody had bothered to look for it in decades, said Israeli daily 'Yedioth Ahronoth'.
"I knew we were in possession of a telescope which Einstein donated to the school and I always wondered what happened to it," Ofir,Director of the Belmonte Science Laboratories ...