A ruling engine in a basement room of Mount Wilson Observatory's new optical laboratory and office building. The photograph is labeled with letters "A"-"K", letters on image denote that this was an illustration for published paper. The ruling engine is housed within clear glass walls, forming a room within a room. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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