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Correspondence on telescope design, 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/61

Scope and Contents

A copy of a letter from I.S. Bowen, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, to Dr Robert R. McMath, McMath-Hulbert Observatory, Michigan, 4 April 1961, on large telescope design problems in relation to Kitt Peak. There is also correspondence between Redman and Richard Woolley in California, 26 September - 2 October 1961, including E.H. Linfoot's notes on S. Rosin's proposals for Cassegrain and prime foci systems, 5 October 1961.

Dates

  • Creation: 1961

Creator

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Extent

7 page(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2007-03-15 14:22:32+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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