Telescope -- 8-Inch Bache Doublet
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: This is a doublet type refractor telescope. The telescope is also known as the “8 inch Bache Doublet, Voigtlander, reworked by Clark” The 8” Bache was used in Cambridge from ~1885-188, in various locations in Peru from ~1889-1923, and in Bloemfontein from ~1930-1954. This telescope used a Voigtländer portrait lens that was reworked by the Clarks who designed and built the telescope. The plate series for the 8” Bache is B.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
202-8"-13"-33" Schmidt Tel., 1917-1927
FOUND IN:
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
Harvard College Observatory Blueprints from Oak Ridge Observatory
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Series:
202: 8"-13"-33" Schmidt Tel. - Bruce Tel.
Sub-Series Identifier: hsi, 00002
Scope and Contents:
The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...
202: 8"-13"-33" Schmidt Tel. - Bruce Tel.
FOUND IN:
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
/
Collection:
Harvard College Observatory Blueprints from Oak Ridge Observatory
Series Identifier: hsi, 00002
Scope and Contents:
The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...
CONCRETE PIER FOR 8-IN DRAPER MOUTNING AS ADPTED TO S LAT. 16° 22'. / SCALE: 1in. = 1ft / DEC. 1917, 1917 December
FOUND IN:
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
Harvard College Observatory Blueprints from Oak Ridge Observatory
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Series:
202: 8"-13"-33" Schmidt Tel. - Bruce Tel.
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Sub-Series:
202-8"-13"-33" Schmidt Tel.
Item — Box 1, Folder: 12Identifier: hsi, 00002
Scope and Contents:
Telescope: 8" Bache Voiglander Reworked by Clark, Observatory: Peru, Title: CONCRETE PIER FOR 8-IN DRAPER MOUTNING AS ADPTED TO S LAT. 16° 22'. / SCALE: 1in. = 1ft / DEC. 1917,