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Title: 100-inch mirror in its cell, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1917-09-22
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: 100-inch mirror in its cell, Mount Wilson Observatory. The mirror appears to be placed on top of a wooden pallet. The 100-inch telescope's worm wheel is seen behind the mirror, as is the interior balcony of the observatory. A wooden ladder leans agains the wall of the balcony.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: COPC 570
28567
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1469
Subject: Mirrors
Wheels
Gearing
Telescopes
Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Ladders
Balconies
Interiors
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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