Diffraction gratings at the Mount Wilson Observatory, 1984.

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Diffraction gratings at the Mount Wilson Observatory, 1984.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82694779

Article, written by Horace W. Babcock, based on talk given June 14, 1984 at celebration at Johns Hopkins University of the 100th anniversary of Henry A. Rowland's concave grating.

36 pages.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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