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Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1950 - 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/128

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

Conditions Governing Access

From the Management Group:

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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

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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