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- From: roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle)
- Subject: Re: Refurbishing Observatory...SURPRISE !!
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 21:02:45 GMT
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- randolph@est.enet.dec.com (Tom Randolph) writes:
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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."
-
- >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.
-
- Not forgetting of course the 26" Clark at the U.S. Naval Observatory in
- Washington, DC used by Asaph Hall more than 100 years ago to discover
- Phobos and Deimos the [still only] two known moons of Mars.
-
- >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.
-
- I think that Pauli's (a.k.a. Wholesale Optics) in Danbury, CT (203-746-3579)
- cornered the market on the old B&L telescope stock. Did some business with
- them in 1991 prior to the eclipse and they seemed to be THE dealer when it
- came to Bausch & Lomb. I'm not sure about their Criterion line though.
- The Dynamax series preceded the B&L 4000, 6000, and 8000 (4", 6" and 8")
- lines.
-
- Personally, I'd sell the Dynamax and use the money toward restoring the
- Clark.
-
- Curt Roelle
-
- Opinions expressed are personal. No endorsements intended.
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