Saturday, January 03, 2009

The James Lick Telescope

The James Lick TelescopeDigital ID: pga 02242 Source: digital file from original print Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-02242 (digital file from original print), LC-USZ62-11323 (b&w film copy neg.) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieve unedited JPEG version (139 kilobytes)
Additional versions and related images. Digital ID: cph 3a13718 Source: b&w film copy neg. Medium resolution JPEG version (64 kilobytes) Retrieve uncompressed archival TIFF version (1,452 kilobytes).

TITLE: The lick telescope, length 57 feet. CALL NUMBER: PGA - Morgan--Lick telescope, length 57 feet (D size) [P&P]. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-pga-02242 (digital file from original print) LC-USZ62-11323 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.

The James Lick Telescope is an antique refracting 36 inch (91.44 cm) telescope built in 1889 that can still be viewed through today. Also called the "Great Lick Refractor" or simply "Lick Refractor", it is the third-largest refracting telescope in the world,

MEDIUM: 1 print. CREATED, PUBLISHED: c1889 Apr. 8. NOTES: U6153 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Morgan.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original print) pga 02242 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.02242 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a13718 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a13718. CONTROL #: 2003672948

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