Matt Considine's Homepage
updated April 11, 2010

Porter Garden Telescopes :
Earliest numbered example
Reproduction effort by Telescopes of Vermont (I am not affiliated with this)

Dave Groski's Solar Page :
Main page

Mirrors of Dave Rowe's pages "
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Webpage documenting the construction of a brickoven for baking, pizza, etc. :
Main page

The life work of Walter J. Semerau (incomplete) :
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Digital pictures of copies of original blueprints for Hale's spectrohelioscope (each is about 200Kb) :
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Pictures of pieces of a Hale spectrohelioscope :
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"English Mechanic" :
Brashear contributions
Mirror of Dave Rowe's Spherometer page
Making and using a three-ball spherometer

John M. Pierce mirror grinding and telescope making articles :
Articles by John M. Pierce, from "Science & Mechanics," 1933-1934 and elsewhere

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