Press releases and photographs relating to the 200-inch telescope, 1938.

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Press releases and photographs relating to the 200-inch telescope, 1938.

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9 press releases and information pieces on the construction of the support and bearing for the 200-inch telescope by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, its placement on Mt. Palomar in southern California, and its operation by California Institute of Technology. The collection also includes 4 publicity photographs of the telescope's construction, which have been placed in the photo archives at the Niels Bohr Library.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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California Institute of Technology

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Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.

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Industrialist and inventor of the compressed air brake George Westinghouse incorporated the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company in 1891. With its giant factory located in East Pittsburgh, Pa., the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company soon became the Edison General Electric Company's main rival in the contest to provide electricity to the United States. While Edison General Electric pioneered the generation and distribution of direct current (DC) electricity, Westinghou...

Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938

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George Ellery Hale was an astrophysicist. He was the organizer and director of the Mount Wilson Observatory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1904-1923, and was honorary director until his death in 1938. His principal scientific researches were made in stellar spectroscopy. From the description of Papers, 1903-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82798019 From the description of Papers, 1882-1937. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523501...

Westinghouse electric corporation

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