The Observatory by Timothy C. ElyThe Observatory is a catapult of ideas that reflect on the nature of time and the history of the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution. During Londons great fire in 1666, many of the optics producers were burnt out of business. The next generation of lens grinders supplying the optical instrument makers of telescopes and microscopes were now working at a far greater level of skill. Engaged in making eyeglasses, the new demands of science drove