Papers, 1933-1976.

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Papers, 1933-1976.

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Includes 10 boxes of the correspondence of Captain C. S. McDowell (1884-1957), supervising engineer of the 200" telescope project. McDowell's correspondence (1935-1940) covers almost every aspect of the building of the Palomar Observatory; of particular interest is his correspondence with individuals such as Vannevar Bush (1935-38) and companies such as Westinghouse on the design of the telescope's mounting, drive and control.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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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....

Westinghouse Research Laboratories

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Rule, Bruce H., 1908-1990.

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Rule (1908-1990). Electrical engineering and astronomy, California Institute of Technology. From the description of Papers, 1933-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78553530 Biographical Sketch Bruce H. Rule was Director of Caltech's Central Shop and Engineering Facilities and Chief Engineer for Astrophysics and the Caltech Synchrotron. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on December 2, 1908, Rule attended Los Angeles high sch...