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Title
36-inch Refractor Telescope
Contributor
Gordon, John C. (photographer) (Creator)
Contributing Institution
San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
John C. Gordon Photographic Collection
Rights Information
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Description
View of the 36-inch refracting telescope, known as the "Great Lick Refractor." Located in the Great Dome at the south end of the main building. A clock hangs on the wooden pedestal of the telescope. A plaque on the pedestal reads: "Designed & built by Warner & Swasey. Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A."
The Warner & Swasey Company was an American manufacturer specializing in the design and construction of telescopes.
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
8 x 10 in.
Identifier
islandora:78_1557
filename: jcg_lick_observatory_012
islandora: 78_1557
Language
English
Subject
Business & Industry
Telescopes
Astronomical observatories
Lick Observatory
Place
Mount Hamilton Range
California
Relation
John C. Gordon Photograph Collection

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