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Title
60-inch glass mirror, on edge in a square frame, Yerkes Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1893
1894
1895
1896
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
60 inch glass mirror on edge in square frame at Yerkes Observatory, both sides polished.
See also COPC 337, and COPC 381.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
Black and white photograph; 22.5 x 18.5 cm
Identifier
Yerkes Observatory #087
44195
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/62
Subject
Glass grinding and polishing
Mirrors--Frames
Large astronomical telescopes
Refracting telescopes
Yerkes Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Williams Bay (Wis.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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