Title | McDonald Observatory |
View | Mirror Preparation 8 |
Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
Description | Workers and officials watch the McDonald Observatory telescope mirror emerge from the aluminizing cell, finished at last. Dr. John S. Plaskett (far left with pince-nez), formerly head of Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B. C. was the design consultant for the Warner & Swasey Company. |
Subject Terms | Plaskett, John Stanley, 1865-1941 | Mirrors--Design and construction | Reflecting telescopes | Manufacturing processes | Warner & Swasey Company |
Photographer | Warner & Swasey Company |
Photograph Date | 1939 |
Physical Format | Photographic prints; 19.1 x 24.2 cm |
Location | Cleveland, Ohio |
Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
Image Identifier | apf2-05093 |
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