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Polar axle and worm wheel of the 60-inch telescope, in the Mount Wilson Observatory's Pasadena workshop

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Title: Polar axle and worm wheel of the 60-inch telescope, in the Mount Wilson Observatory's Pasadena workshop
Date Created and/or Issued: 1907
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: Polar axle and worm wheel of the 60-inch telescope hanging from gantry above the floor, in Mount Wilson Observatory's Pasadena workshop. the interior walls of the building are seen in the background.
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 310
28307
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1116
Subject: Axles
Wheels
Cranes, derricks, etc
Workshops
Large astronomical telescopes
Telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Interiors
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Pasadena (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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