Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy, founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1899)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911. Celestial motions · Boston, Little, Brown and company · leaf 437
3-INCH PORTABLE TELESCOPE ( With altazimuth mounting). 378 Stars and Telescopes care of such instruments. The earliest and most suc-cessful of these is by the Rev. T. W. Webb, late Pre-bendary of Hereford Cathedral, and entitled CelestialObjects for Common Telescopes, which in 1893 passedto a fifth… … THOMAS WILLIAM WEBB (1807-1885) No less important than optical perfection of a tele-scope is excellence of the site where it is to be locatedand used. The greater freedom from cloud the bet-ter ; the horizon should be unobstructed, especially tothe south and west; and gravel foundations for…
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