Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1901)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 391
00, the gift ofM* Chas. T. Yerkes) Clarks the signal honor of the golden medal of theEmpire, conferred for the first time by Alexanderthe Third. Second in importance only to the objective of atelescope are the mounting by which it is pointed to-ward the heavenly bodies, and the eyepieces withwhich… … 40-INCH TELESCOPE OF THE YERKES OBSERVATORY [Glass by MANTOIS, objective by ALVAN Clark 6r* Sons, of Cambridgeport. mounting byWarner & SwASBY of Cleveland- The tube is about (>$ feet long; ami, although the mov-ing parts of this great telescope weigh nearly 15 tons, the whole is easily…
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