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The building on Mount Wilson from which A. Michelson conducted velocity of light experiments

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Title: The building on Mount Wilson from which A. Michelson conducted velocity of light experiments
Date Created and/or Issued: 1929-05-16
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: The building on Mount Wilson from which A. Michelson conducted velocity of light experiments. The building appears to be constructed from corrugated sheet metal, both sides and the roof. A truck is parked next to the building, at the far right. Trees grow behind the building.
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: 1 5X7 film neg; 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 727
28724
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1610
Subject: Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931
Light--Speed--Experiments
Buildings--California--Mount Wilson--Photographs
Sheds
Corrugated sheet metal
Exterior walls
Roofs
Trucks
Trees
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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