Russell W. Porter drawings, 1928-1945.

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Russell W. Porter drawings, 1928-1945.

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These drawings represent only a small portion of Porter's output, but they range over a variety of subjects from his California period, beginning in 1928. The works have been divided into series and subseries; for example, building designs for Caltech are further subdivided for individual structures. Highlights of the collection include original design proposals for the 200-inch telescope mount, in both schematic and three-dimensional/cutaway form, plus a series of drawing of Hale's spectrohelioscope. Some of Porter's military drawings are also represented, as well as miscellaneous drawings of Caltech engineering projects such as the Hydrodynamics Laboratory. Many of the drawings have been reproduced and scanned into the Caltech Archives' picture database, PhotoNet, which is searchable from the Archives' website.

1.5 linear feet.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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California Institute of Technology

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Porter, Russell Williams, 1871-1949

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Russell Williams Porter (b. Dec. 13, 1871–d. Feb. 22, 1949), American artist, engineer, amateur astronomer and explorer. He was a pioneer of cutaway illustration and is sometimes referred to as the founder of amateur telescope making. From the description of Porter, Russell Williams, 1871-1949 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571522 Russell W. Porter (1928-1945). Architect and telescope maker. Recruited by George Ellery Hale to work on constructio...

Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938

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Palomar Observatory

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Palomar Observatory is located in Pasadena, California, and is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. Built in 1928, it boasts several telescopes. However, the most famous is the 200-inch Hale Telescope built using a Pyrex blank manufactured by Corning Glass Works. The Hale Telescope was installed in 1948 and became fully operational and open to researchers in 1950....