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Title
Interior of physical laboratory at Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1905-12-16
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
Interior of completed physical laboratory at Mount Wilson Observatory, with circular concrete table in use. Several various instruments are seen on the concrete tables: a camera on the right-hand side with an extended lens, a mirror near the center, and other optical instruments. Windows in the walls are seen in the background and along the wall on the right-hand side.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Identifier
COPC 753
28750
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1157
Subject
Mount Wilson observatory
Astronomical observatories
Laboratories
Interiors
Optical instruments
Astronomical instruments
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Cameras
Mirrors
Tables
Windows
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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