[ATM] historic glass pusher 'With'

[Francis J. O'Reilly]

Peter,

Thank you for all of this information.

I willl look at the article. The historical aspect of telescope making is 
important to me for a variety of reasons. It appears that the hobby began in 
Britain to a large degree.

I wonder if Amateur telescope making took off in other areas, such as 
Africa, Asia or Australia in the 19th century?

Francis J. O'Reilly
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Abrahams" <telscope at europa.com>
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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 1:50 AM
Subject: [ATM] historic glass pusher 'With'


> The trouble with With is that it is real tough to search for his name 
> without matching almost every file on the internet, or in your own 
> computer.
>
> Jenkins, Griffith Parry.  A Plea for the Reflecting Telescope.  Journal of 
> the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 5 (Feb. 1911) 59-75.
> This paper is about G.H. With, Samuel Cooper, John Jones, & Albert Taylor.
> It can be found on the ADS:
> http://adsabs.harvard.edu/journals_service.html
>
> This paper is also on ADS:
> Marriott, R. A.  The life and legacy of G. H. With, 1827-1904. Journal of 
> the British Astronomical Association 106:5 (Oct. 1996) 257-264.
> http://adsabs.harvard.edu/journals_service.html
>
> On yahoo groups, Carl Zambuto posted a note about his test results of a 
> With mirror, on 14 Nov. 2005
> "Subject: "With" mirror evaluation".  He said it was very good, but there 
> were some issues with smoothness & edge.
>
> --Peter Abrahams
>
>