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Title
Controlling mechanisms of the 40-inch refracting telescope at Yerkes Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1897
1898
1899
1900
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
The controlling mechanisms to change the declination of the 40 inch telescope, Yerkes Observatory.
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; 24 x 19 cm
Identifier
Yerkes Observatory #068
44176
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/97
Subject
Orienting mechanisms
Large astronomical telescopes
Refracting telescopes
Yerkes Observatory
Astronomical instruments
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Williams Bay (Wis.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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