LibGuides: The 200" Disk and the Hale Reflecting Telescope: Contemporary Accounts

The Pouring of the Giant Eye

Ladle of Molten Glass on way to Mold. Photograph by Ayres A. Stevens, Corning Glass Works. United States, Corning, NY, 1934. Photo: black and white, 21 x 26 cm George V. McCauley Archive, the Rakow Research Library of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (116523), used with permission of Archives, Corning Incorporated.

The 200" Disk for the Hale Telescope Mirror

"Casting of a reflecting lens." Science News.
Publication Date: 1934
Science, n.s., v. 80, supp. 8, October 19, 1934.
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"Casting the world's widest eye"
Publication Date: 1935
Scientific American, v. 152, Feb. 1935, p. 62.
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"Natural and artificial ceramic products" by Day, Arthur L.
Publication Date: 1934
Bulletin of the American Ceramic Society, v. 13, no. 4, April 1934, pp. 85-95.
Notes: Account of the 200" telescope disk for Caltech, pp. 93-95.
"Astrophysical observatory of the California Institute of Technology." by Hale, G.E.
Publication Date: 1936
Nature, v. 137, no. 3458, February 8, 1936, pp. 221-228.
"Deeper into space.. " by Hale, G.E.
Publication Date: 1935
Atlantic Monthly, v. 153, no. 4, April 1935, pp. 463-471.
Unknown by Hale, G.E.
Publication Date: 1935
Astrophysical Journal, v. 82, no. 2, September 1935, pp. 111-139.
"The 200-inch telescope." by Hale, G.E.
Publication Date: 1936
Scientific American, v. 154, 1936, pp. 236-240, 293.
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"The casting of the 200-inch telescope disc" by Hostetter, John C.
Publication Date: 1936
Journal of the Society of Glass Technology, v. 20, no. 8, August 1936, pp. 115-116T.
"Great 200-inch telescope" by Jones, H.S.
Publication Date: 1934
Fortune, v. 14?, December 1934, pp. 701-710.
"Making the glass disk for a 200 inch reflecting telescope" by McCauley, George V
Publication Date: 1934
Scientific Monthly, v. 39, no. 1, July 1934, pp. 79-86.
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"Preparing to look farther into the stars" by McCauley, George V.
Publication Date: 1934
Telescope, v. 1, no. 4, June 1934, pp. 34-44.
“Moving giant telescope disk provides a problem”
Publication Date: 1936
Science News, March 14, 1936
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"The 200-inch telescope disc" by McCauley, George V.
Publication Date: 1935
Journal of the Society of Glass Technology, v. 19, 1935, pp. 156-66.

Notes: How the disk was cast, reasons for the choice of technique, and essential details of the steps.
"Casting the mirror for world's giant telescope" by Pendray, G.E.
Publication Date: 1934
Literary Digest, v. 117, April 7, 1934, p. 18.
"Some engineering problems encountered in making a 200 inch telescope disk" by McCauley, George V.
Publication Date: 1935
Bulletin of the American Ceramic Society, v. 14 or 19, September 1935, pp. 30--322.
"Pouring of the second 200-inch mirror"
Publication Date: 1934
Science, n.s., v. 80, supp. 8, December 14, 1934.
"Cooling a 200-in. telescope disk" by McCauley, George V.
Publication Date: 1936
Electrical World, v. 106, no. 27, July 1936, pp. 40-43, 89.
"To cast another 200-inch telescope mirror"
Publication Date: 1934
Literary Digest, v. 118, October 20, 1934, p. 19.

The Hale Telescope

"Mounting of the 200 inch telescope…a welded sculpture." by Fredericks, Frank and N.L. Mochel.
Publication Date: 1939
Metals & Alloys, v. 10, no. 11, Nov. 1939, pp. 334-341, and no. 12, Dec. 1939, pp. 362-368.

Notes: General design considerations, materials, stress relieving, fabrication and welding problems.
"The 200-inch Telescope" by Jones, H. Spencer
Publication Date: 1941
Proceedings of the Physical Society, v. 53, 1941, pp. 497-516.
"Building the 200-inch telescope" by McDowell, C.S.
Publication Date: 1937
Franklin Institute Journal, v. 224, no. 6, December 1937, pp. 675-695.
"200 inch telescope develops" by McDowell, C.S.
Publication Date: 1936
Scientific American, v. 155, 1936, pp. 252-257.
Notes: How Palomar was chosen.
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"200-in. Telescope" by Adams, W.S
Publication Date: 1939
Nature, v. 143, February 25, 1939 , pp. 317-320.
"The Palomar Story" by [Hill, Byron?]
Publication Date: 1948
Engineering and Science Monthly, June 1948, p. 18-20.
"200-in. Telescope" by Adams, W.S
Publication Date: 1939
Nature, v. 143, February 25, 1939 , pp. 317-320.
"Modern large telescope design" by Pease, F.G.
Publication Date: 1935
Journal of the Optical Society of America, v. 25, no. 5, May 1935, pp. 156-61
"Giant new telescope to solve secrets of unseen stars." by Swezey, Kenneth M
Publication Date: 1934
Popular Science, v. 124, no. 6, June 1934, pp. 13-15, 118.
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"World's biggest eye"
Publication Date: 1934
Popular Mechanics, v. 61, June 1934, pp. 844-6.
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