Telescope With 40 In. Lens, Second Largest in the World

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Stock #:224953
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Lake Geneva
State: Wisconsin (WI)
County: Walworth
Publisher: E.A. Bishop
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
WILLIAMS BAY ON LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN The 40 inch telescope of the Yerkes Observatory has the second largest lens in the world. The instrument is 63 feet long and with attachments for photographic work 6 feet are added. The tube weighs 6 ton and the moving parts weigh 20 tons. It is so delicately balanced that it can be moved with one hand
C. T. Art Colortone

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