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200-inch Disk

200-inch Disk

 
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Object Name: 
Telescope Mirror
Title: 
200-inch Disk
Department
Modern
Category
Innovations
Maker(s)
Corning Glass Works, Corning, Maker
Place Made: 
United States, Corning, NY
Date: 
1934
Color
AAT
yellow
Technique
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casting
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 508 cm
Accession Number: 
99.4.91
Location: 
On Display
Description
Yellowish borosilicate (Pyrex) glass; cast. Circular disk, 200 inches across and weighing 20 tons; waffle pattern on one side, plain surface on other; metal rods embedded in glass on waffled side.

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Publications

The Flood of '72: Community, Collections, and Conservation (2012) illustrated, p. 10;
Celebrating 60 Years (2011) illustrated, p. 3;
Kiln Forming Glass (2010) illustrated, p. 39; BIB# 110657
Glass in science and industry (1960) illustrated, p. 15; BIB# 31658
Making the Glass Disk for a 200-inch Reflecting Telescope (1934-07) pp. 79-86;

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