Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1950 - 1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes, diagrams and other papers regarding the sub-committees for the Isaac Newton Telescope, including the Optical Committee; the Mechanical Design Committee; the Photo-electric Guiding Committee, with a drawing of the suggested layout for the spectrograph control; the Spectroscopic Committee, with sketch drawings of the electronic photometric equipment and the equatorially mounted telescopes; and Servo-Control, with a study on servo-mechanisms and the design of large telescopes by Peter Fellgett.
Dates
- Creation: 1950 - 1956
Creator
- From the Series: Jones, Harold Spencer, Sir, 1890 - 1960 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
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Extent
1 bundle(s) (1 bundle)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
C12
Finding aid date
2006-06-07 11:54:59+00:00
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