Glass disc for telescope mirror

Made:: 1840-1870 in England

maker:: Charles Algernon Parsons

Glass disc for telescope mirror, 12 diameter and 2 1/4' thick

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Glass disc for telescope mirror, 12 diameter and 2 1/4' thick
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Glass disc for telescope mirror, 12" diameter and 2 1/4" thick. Built up from two 3/8" plate glass circles separated by granulated glass in an experiment conducted by Sir Charles A. Parsons

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1954-183

Materials:: glass

type:: components, concave mirrors, glass mirrors and astronomical instruments

credit:: C.A. Parsons and Company Limited.

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Glass disc for telescope mirror

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