The 8 1/4-inch Clark refractor of the Temple Observatory, Rugby
Abstract
During the 1850s W. R. Dawes purchased five object glasses from the American opticians Alvan Clark and Sons. The only one to have been in continuous use since then was the last of them, in a complete 8 1/4-inch refractor.
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Journal of the British Astronomical Association
- Pub Date:
- December 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991JBAA..101..343M
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- HISTORICAL: TELESCOPES