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Title: Instructions from John Peate, 1898 December 11
Date: 1898-12-11
Creator: Peate, John, 1820-1903
Description: Instructions written by John Peate on the optimal viewing angle for the glass lens.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.05.64
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69405
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Title: Instructions from John Peate to Albert Osborn, 1899 January 26
Date: 1899-01-26
Creator: Peate, John, 1820-1903
Description: Instructions from John Peate to Albert Osborn on silvering the glass lens.
Subject: Maintenance; Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.05.65
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69406
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Title: Letter from B.V. Jackson to W.W. Martin, 1898 June 09
Date: 1898-06-09
Creator: Jackson, B.V.
Description: Letter from B.V. Jackson to W.W. Martin giving a quote of $.44 per pound to ship the glass lens.
Subject: Cost; Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction; Shipping
Local Identifier: RG1.10.05.57
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69398
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Title: Letter from Clifford Crump to Lucius C. Clark, 1926 November 10
Date: 1926-11-10
Creator: Crump, Clifford C.
Description: Letter from Clifford Crump to Lucius C. Clark seeking information regarding Peate's lens.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Subject -- Personal Name: Peate, John, 1820-1903
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.24
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69432
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Title: Letter from E.L. Thomas, 1894 September 11
Date: 1894-09-11
Creator: Thomas, Edward Lewis, 1849-1911
Description: Letter from E.L. Thomas regarding funding for Peate's glass lens. Thomas indicates he has parishioners wanting to contribute funding for the lens.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Cost; Gifts; Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.05.02
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.10.05.02
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Title: Letter from Frank A. Taylor to George W. Morey, 1934 November 20
Date: 1934-11-20
Creator: Taylor, Frank A. (Frank Augustus), 1903-2007
Description: Frank A. Taylor to George W. Morey asking for prints regarding Peate's lens.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.30
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69438
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Title: Letter from Frank A. Taylor to George W. Morey, 1935 June 27
Date: 1935-06-27
Creator: Taylor, Frank A. (Frank Augustus), 1903-2007
Description: Letter from Frank A. Taylor to George W. Morey asking if Morey would send measurements of the glass lens to Taylor. Taylor was considering mounting the glass lens.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.33
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69441
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Title: Letter from Frank A. Taylor to George W. Morey, 1935 September 11
Date: 1935-09-11
Creator: Taylor, Frank A. (Frank Augustus), 1903-2007
Description: Letter from Frank A. Taylor to George W. Morey asking if Morey will be completing his study of the lens that fall.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.35
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69443
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Title: Letter from Frank A. Taylor to H.E. Walter, 1934 September 12
Date: 1934-09-12
Creator: Taylor, Frank A. (Frank Augustus), 1903-2007
Description: Letter from Frank A. Taylor to H.E. Walter stating the Smithsonian Institution would accept Peate's lens as a loan.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.41
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69449
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Title: Letter from G.B. Chase of Packard Hardware to Samuel L. Beiler, 1894 September 28
Date: 1894-09-28
Creator: Chase, G.B.
Description: Letter from G.B. Chase of Packard Hardware to Samuel L. Beiler stating the company would furnish materials for the lens if the University would promise to pay at a later date.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- History; Cost; Education, Higher -- Washington (D.C.); Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Subject -- Personal Name: Beiler, Samuel L.
Local Identifier: RG1.10.05.07
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/RG1.10.05.07
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Title: Letter from G.B. Chase to Samuel L. Beiler, 1896 January 16
Date: 1896-01-16
Creator: Chase, G.B.
Description: Letter from G.B. Chase of Packard Hardware requesting reimbursement from Samuel L. Beiler and American University.
Subject: Cost; Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.05.43
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69384
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Title: Letter from George E. Howard to Frank A. Taylor, 1934 December 03
Date: 1934-12-03
Creator: Howard, George E.
Description: Letter from George E. Howard to Frank A. Taylor detailing how Howard had created the glass disk for Peate to craft the telescope lens.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.32
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69440
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Title: Letter from George Lambert to Horace Greeley Dodds, 1922 October 11
Date: 1922-10-11
Creator: Lambert, George
Description: Letter from George Lambert to Horace Greeley Dodds detailing how his company constructed Peate's glass lens.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.19
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69427
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Title: Letter from George W. Morey to Frank A. Taylor, 1935 June 28
Date: 1935-06-28
Creator: Morey, G. W. (George Washington), 1888-1965
Description: Letter from George W. Morey to Frank A. Taylor informing Taylor that they would not be able to measure the glass lens until later in the year.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.34
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69442
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Title: Letter from Glenn J. Rouse to Joseph M.M. Gray, 1934 May 15
Date: 1934-05-15
Creator: Rouse, Glenn J.
Description: Letter from Glenn J. Rouse to Joseph M.M. Gray where Rouse attempts to get Peate's lens appraised by an expert.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction; Valuation
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.29
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69437
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Title: Letter from H.E. Walter to Frank A. Taylor, 1934 July 19
Date: 1934-07-19
Creator: Walter, Herbert E.
Description: Letter from H.E. Walter to Frank A. Taylor offering Peate's glass lens to the Bureau of Standards as a donation.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.36
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69444
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Title: Letter from H.E. Walter to Lyman J. Briggs, 1934 August 07
Date: 1934-08-07
Creator: Walter, Herbert E.
Description: Letter from H.E. Walter to Lyman J. Briggs offering Peate's glass lens to the Bureau of Standards as a long term loan as American University will not mount the lens.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.38
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69446
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Title: Letter from Horace Greeley Dodds to John Hamilton, 1923 January 29
Date: 1923-01-29
Creator: Dodds, Horace Greeley
Description: Letter from Horace Greeley Dodds to John Hamilton with suggestions regarding handling of Peate's lens.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction; Reflecting telescopes -- Storage
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.21
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69429
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Title: Letter from Horace Greeley Dodds to Lucius C. Clark, 1923 January 30
Date: 1923-01-30
Creator: Dodds, Horace Greeley
Description: Letter from Horace Greeley Dobbs to Lucius Clark where Dodds doubts the accuracy of the statements of Warner & Swasey Co. regarding Peate's lens as worthless.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.22
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69430
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Title: Letter from J.C. Hostetter to H.E. Walter, 1934 September 07
Date: 1934-09-07
Creator: Hostetter, John C.
Description: Letter from J.C. Hostetter to H.E. Walter asking for the history of Peate's glass lens.
Subject: Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Subject -- Personal Name: Peate, John, 1820-1903
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.40
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69448
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