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Title
Great Lick 36-inch refractor
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 located in the Great Dome at the south end of the main building.
Construction of the Lick Observatory began in 1880. The original plans included the construction of two domes. The dome depicted here is the small dome, which was completed in 1881 and a 12-inch refractor telescope was installed. The second dome, also known as the "Great Dome" was completed in 1886 and housed a 36-inch refractor telescope, also called the "Great Refractor." See http://collections.ucolick.org/archives_on_line/bldg_the_obs.html.
"Designed and built by Warner & Swasey, Cleveland, Ohio, USA."
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
10 x 8 in.
Identifier
islandora:78_1578
filename: jcg_lick_observatory_029
islandora: 78_1578
Subject
Technology
Astronomical observatories
Telescopes
Lick Observatory
Place
Mount Hamilton Range
California
Relation
John C. Gordon Photograph Collection

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