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- From: randolph@est.enet.dec.com (Tom Randolph)
- Subject: Re: Refurbishing Observatory...SURPRISE !!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.185203.1521@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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- Date: 21 JAN 93 13:45:54
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- In article <1993Jan20.020718.14371@adx.adelphi.edu>, jf4527@adx.adelphi.edu (Jamie Fitzpatrick) writes...
- >it was something special. It had all brass fittings. On the front
- >was inscribed..." Alvin Clark & Sons 1877 Cambridgeport Mass."
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- WOW.
-
- Ever hear of the Yerkes 40" refractor? Largest refracting telescope in the
- world... and another Alvan Clarke & Sons instrument. Nice find! Clarke also
- made the telescope (18" refractor, if I recall correctly) that discovered the
- companion of Sirius.
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- Your Criterion is equivalent to the late Baush & Lomb Schimdt-Cassegrains. B&L
- bought them out a few years back, and has since discontinued the line. If you
- ask around at some of the big astro dealers, you can proabably still get
- accessories for it.
-
- -Tom R. randolph@est.enet.dec.com
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