The Perfect Machine
Building the Palomar Telescope
by Ronald Florence · first published 1994
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“The Perfect Machine” by Ronald Florence is the definitive history of Palomar. It’s surprisingly gripping. Remarkably, the 200” was the largest telescope in the world for half a century!
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