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Papers on the Yapp Telescope, 1956 - 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/925

Scope and Contents

Papers regarding the refurbishment of the Yapp 36-inch Reflecting Telescope and the 30-inch Reflecting Telescope, concerned primarily with spectrographs and covering several topics, including Fehrenbach prisms for a proposed Schmidt telescope, the Schmidt Camera, the 30-inch telescope Coudé spectrograph and the Isaac Newton Telescope spectrograph. There is correspondence between Hilger and Watts; Chance-Pilkington; Parra-Mantois; the Admiralty; G.M. Sisson of Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd; K.J. Hubble of the National Physical Laboratory; Bausch and Lomb; G. Herbig of the Lick Observatory; B.E.J. Pagel; and Sir Richard Woolley. There are also notes, specifications and drawings by Pagel, and drawings of Fehrenbach prisms by Pagel and Woolley, and of the 30-inch Coudé spectrograph by A. Morris.

Dates

  • 1956 - 1962

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 bundle(s) (1 bundle)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2006-06-30 14:37:05+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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