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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 John Peate to Albert Osborn, 1898 October 21
Date: 1898-10-21
Creator: Peate, John, 1820-1903
Description: Letter from John Peate to Albert Osborn discussing his trip to Washington, D.C. as well as reminding Osborn that the glass lens needs to be rotated every 3-4 weeks.
Subject: Maintenance; Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.05.62
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69403
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Title: Letter from John Peate to Albert Osborn, 1900 January 30
Date: 1900-01-30
Creator: Peate, John, 1820-1903
Description: Letter from John Peate to Albert Osborn on the general care of the glass lens.
Subject: Maintenance; Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.03
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69411
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Title: Letter from John Peate to W.L. Davidson, 1900 March 05
Date: 1900-03-05
Creator: Peate, John, 1820-1903
Description: Letter from John Peate to W.L. Davidson regarding the care of the glass lens.
Subject: Maintenance; Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.08
Type: correspondence
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69416
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Title: Statement about the mirror, 1900 January 29
Date: 1900-01-29
Creator: Peate, John, 1820-1903
Description: Statement written by John Peate noting that he had given direction upon delivery to American University to rotate the glass lens every two weeks but found 17 months later while visiting that the glass lens had never been rotated.
Subject: Maintenance; Reflecting telescopes -- Design and construction
Local Identifier: RG1.10.06.07
Type: memorandums
Collection: American University: The Formative Years
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:69415
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