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Thaw Lens

May 8, 1914

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Thaw Lens
  • Title
  • Thaw Lens
  • Creator
  • Allegheny Observatory
  • Date
  • May 8, 1914
  • Identifier
  • 6422.421.AO
  • Description
  • Thaw Lens on Grinding Table at Brashear's Shop. The Thaw Memorial Telescope. At 30 Inches, it was the Third Largest Refractor in the United States. William Thaw Junior, in Memory of His Father, (William Thaw Senior) Donated the Funds for its Construction.
  • Extent
  • 5 x 7 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Workshops
    Astronomical instruments
    Thaw, William, Jr.
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
    Observatory Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Allegheny Observatory Records, 1850-1977
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Observatory Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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