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Installation of trunnion on the south float of the 100-inch telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Installation of trunnion on the south float of the 100-inch telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1916-07-25
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: Installation of trunnion on the south float of the 10-inch telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. The trunnion is seen mounted on the float, with ropes still attached by block and tackle. Wooden scaffolding is in front of the float. The interior balcony is behind the float; the interior walls are seen behind the balcony.
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 536
28533
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1415
Subject: Pedestals
Scaffolding
Hoisting machinery
Rope
Balconies
Walls
Interiors
Astronomical instruments
Telescopes
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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