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Title: Rail grinder on observatory dome tracks, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1910
1911
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1920
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: Rail grinder on observatory dome tracks of the 100- inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory. The machine assembly is partially covered with tarps. Trees are visible 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
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 484
28481
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/641
Subject: Motors
Gearing
Grinding machines
Tarpaulins
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Observatory domes
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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