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American maker of optics
42°21′19″N 71°06′33″W / 42.35528°N 71.10927°W / 42.35528; -71.10927 Alvan Clark & Sons was an American maker of optics that became famous for crafting lenses
Alvan_Clark_&_Sons
American astronomer and telescope maker
Alvan Clark (March 8, 1804 – August 19, 1887) was an American astronomer and telescope maker. Born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Clark started as a portrait
Alvan_Clark
19th-century American astronomer
Clark was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, the son of Alvan Clark, founder of Alvan Clark & Sons. On January 31, 1862, while testing a new 18.5-inch
Alvan_Graham_Clark
American astronomer and instrument maker
son of Alvan Clark, part of a family of refracting telescope makers. In 1846, George Bassett Clark joined his father and brother Alvan Graham Clark at
George_Bassett_Clark
American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer (1855–1916)
Venus in detail in mid-1896 soon after the 61-centimetre (24-inch) Alvan Clark & Sons refracting telescope was installed at his new Flagstaff, Arizona observatory
Percival_Lowell
Type of lens
negative element. Gauss first described the arrangement in 1817. Alvan Clark & Sons built a 9+1⁄2 in (240 mm) telescope for Princeton University in 1877
Gauss_lens
Astronomical observatory in Wisconsin, USA
Paris, France by Mantois and delivered to Alvan Clark & Sons in Massachusetts where they were completed. Clark then made what would be the largest telescope
Yerkes_Observatory
Science center in California
2000, at Skyline Boulevard Leah Type - Refracting telescope Maker - Alvan Clark & Sons, 1883 Aperture – 8 inches Focal Length – 112 inches Mount – German
Chabot Space and Science Center
Chabot_Space_and_Science_Center
Observatory in Cincinnati, Ohio, US
world. It is currently used for public education programs. The 1904 Alvan Clark & Sons 16 inch refractor – Housed in the "Herget Building". Used in public
Cincinnati_Observatory
Large telescope with a lens
ever made at the time), required 18 attempts and cooperation between Alvan Clark & Sons and Charles Feil of Paris. To achieve its optical aperture it was
Great_refractor
Lens that is designed to limit the effects of chromatic and spherical aberration
ISBN 9780819463074. Warner, Deborah Jean; Ariail, Robert B. (1995). Alvan Clark & Sons, Artists In Optics (2nd ed.). Willmann-Bell. p. 174. Kidger, M.J.
Achromatic_lens
Astronomical observatory in Virginia, US
endow the professorship. The 66 cm refracting telescope was made by Alvan Clark & Sons of Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, who were regarded as the finest telescope
McCormick_Observatory
Observatory in Denver, Colorado, US
lens for the observatory's main refracting telescope was made by Alvan Clark & Sons, and the mount was built by George Nicholas Saegmuller. The mount
Chamberlin_Observatory
American manufacturer
College for its new Smith Observatory and had a 9.5-inch lens made by Alvan Clark & Sons. Among the notable instruments the company built were the telescopes
Warner_&_Swasey_Company
2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-03-07. "Objekt des Monats: Refraktor von Clark & Sons". bibliothek.univie.ac.at. "Astronomy Program – Jewett Observatory".
List of largest optical refracting telescopes
List_of_largest_optical_refracting_telescopes
Mountain in California, United States
University, planned to have two 40 in (1,000 mm) lenses shipped from Alvan Clark & Sons in Corning, New York to the newly named Mount Harvard, directly adjacent
Mount_Wilson_(California)
Astronomical observatory in Arizona, US
Telescope and informally as the Pluto Camera, is an astrograph built by Alvan Clark & Sons in 1929. In 1930 it was used by Clyde Tombaugh to discover Pluto.
Anderson_Mesa_Station
Astronomical observatory and historic landmark in Arizona, US
construction of a new instrument, a 24-inch refractor designed by Alvan Clark and Sons. Over the next decades he built up a body of work including sketches
Lowell_Observatory
Astronomical observatory in California
Company. In 1880, a 36-inch (91-centimeter) lens was commissioned to Alvan Clark & Sons, for $51,000 (equivalent to $1,700,000 in 2025). Manufacturing of
Lick_Observatory
American inventor and businessman (1854–1940)
knowledge mostly through self-education. In 1873, he took a job with the Alvan Clark and Sons Company producing telescopes in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which then
Charles_Sumner_Tainter
Great Refractor". www.cfa.harvard.edu. Retrieved September 8, 2019. "Fitz/Clark 12-in Refractor". The General History of Astronomy. Cambridge University
List of the largest optical telescopes in North America
List_of_the_largest_optical_telescopes_in_North_America
Private college in Albion, Michigan, US
of the observatory is the 8.25" Alvan Clark Telescope, which dates back to the late 19th century. Alvan Clark & Sons were renowned telescope makers and
Albion_College
Topics referred to by the same term
Alvin Clark Owsley, member of the Twenty-first Texas Legislature Alvan Clark, nineteenth-century astronomer and telescope-maker Alvan Clark & Sons Disappearance
Alvin_Clark
Observatory and planetarium in Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Indiana that year. The lens for the telescope was manufactured by Alvan Clark & Sons in 1883 and was originally part of McKim's personal observatory located
Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium
Holcomb_Observatory_and_Planetarium
Observatory
(0.46 m), and it remains one of the largest refractors. Built by Alvan Clark & Sons, the instrument was shipped to Chile in the summer of 1907 to observe
Wilder_Observatory
American photographer
J. Foss, and E.F. Smith. Portrait subjects included Edwin Booth, Alvan Clark & Sons, Edw M Endicott, Clement Granch, Ulysses S. Grant, William Stevens
Thomas_Rice_Burnham
Observatory
Sons, Dublin, Ireland Equipment cost-$8,579 total $4,199 for 11" Repsold Telescope (Hamburg, Germany) $2,200 lens manufactured by Alvan Clark & Sons,
Daniel_Scholl_Observatory
1928 United States Supreme Court case
constituted the Supreme Court's case law on zoning until 1974. In 1860, Alvan Clark & Sons purchased a tract of land in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on which they
Nectow_v._City_of_Cambridge
Observatory
Lick Observatory in California a few years later. Both were built by Alvan Clark & Sons in Massachusetts. The principal line of work of the observatory consisted
Pulkovo_Observatory
Astronomical observatory in Evanston, Illinois
observatory with the new lens. He commissioned the renowned firm of Alvan Clark & Sons of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to construct the lens. However, the American
Dearborn_Observatory
American politician (1832-1892)
President Marion M. Bovard ordered a lens from the Cambridge manufactory Alvan Clark & Sons, but Spence died before the deal could be completed, so Bovard had
Edward_Falles_Spence
American preprary school (1828–1970)
Institute. An observatory dome was added to the school in 1889, with an Alvan Clark & Sons equatorial telescope. In 1970, the school merged with the Oak Grove
Coburn_Classical_Institute
Observatory
and sent back to California in 1951. The fate of a 6 in (150 mm) Alvan Clark & Sons refractor used at LHO is unknown. South African Astronomical Observatory
Lamont–Hussey_Observatory
Observatory
and Astronomy, the observatory houses a rare and historic 11.5-inch Alvan Clark & Sons refracting telescope, one of the few remaining large refractors of
Landolt Astronomical Observatory
Landolt_Astronomical_Observatory
Astronomical observatory in Bloemfontein, South Africa
(24 in) Bruce Astrograph was a refracting telescope built in 1893 by Alvan Clark & Sons. After being used for many years in Arequipa, it was brought to Bloemfontein
Boyden_Observatory
Observatory
Observatory. Professor Smith (1882-?) Clement Rood 9+1⁄2-inch (24.1-cm) Alvan Clark & Sons refracting telescope with clock drive List of astronomical observatories
Smith_Observatory
Russian astronomer (1819–1905)
Francisco). The visit served several purposes, including ordering the Alvan Clark & Sons optics for the new 30-inch telescope in Pulkovo, and it was a part
Otto_Wilhelm_von_Struve
Planet Center. Retrieved 6 February 2018. Belton, Michael J.S.; Chapman, Clark R.; Klaasen, Kenneth P.; Harch, Ann P.; Thomas, Peter C.; Veverka, Joseph;
Timeline of Solar System astronomy
Timeline_of_Solar_System_astronomy
Observatory at Carleton College in Minnesota, US
instruments of the highest quality, including an 81⁄4-inch refractor by Alvan Clark & Sons and a 3-inch (7.6 cm) Fauth transit circle. Shortly after the small
Goodsell_Observatory
American astronomer (1879–1950)
Peru using the 24-inch f/5.6 Bruce photographic refractor, made by Alvan Clark & Sons and completed in 1893. His observations of nebulae (following DeLisle
Royal_Harwood_Frost
Observatory in Indiana, United States
s/physics-astronomy/mckim-observatory/ Telescopes Warner & Swasey-Alvan Clark & Sons Refracting Telescope 0.242-meter /9.53-inch Related media on Commons
McKim_Observatory
Lunar impact crater
named for American astronomer and telescope maker Alvan Clark (1804–1887) and his son Alvan Graham Clark (1832–1897). Its designation was officially adopted
Clark_(lunar_crater)
Observatory
observatory for the (then) State Agricultural College to house an Alvan Clark & Sons refracting telescope of 5.5 inches aperture. The observatory was located
Michigan State University Observatory
Michigan_State_University_Observatory
Science museum in Greenville, South Carolina
4 cm (23.0 in) refracting telescope. the objective lens was made by Alvan Clark and Sons. The telescope, which was finished in 1882, was installed at the
Roper_Mountain_Science_Center
Observatory
lens was originally ground and polished between 1887 and 1889 by Alvan Clark & Sons for an amateur astronomer, who died before the telescope could be
Jewett_Observatory
House built. Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad begins operating. Alvan Clark & Sons telescope maker in business. City chartered. James D. Green becomes
Timeline of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Timeline_of_Cambridge,_Massachusetts
American businessman and politician (1878–1958)
Alvan Tufts Fuller (February 27, 1878 – April 30, 1958) was an American businessman, politician, art collector, and philanthropist from Massachusetts
Alvan_T._Fuller
Observatory
tower, so that all altitudes could be reached. In the same year a 9-inch Alvan Clark refractor was mounted in the observatory. The building was demolished
Yale_University_Observatory
the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of
List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, A–K
List_of_minor_Hebrew_Bible_figures,_A–K
American newspaper editor (1808–1889)
when he transferred the paper to his sons Ansel K. Bailey (d. 1909) and Alvan Stewart Bailey. His oldest son, Elijah Prentice Bailey (b. 1834), worked
Wesley_Bailey
p. 813. Raymond S. Dugan (1930). "Clark, Alvan". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Cowper, Norman. "McCrae, Georgiana
1804_in_art
American inventor and builder of vehicles
attention of other inventors and engineers of the era, including Elias Howe, Alvan Clark, Christopher Miner Spencer. Roper was observed driving his steam carriage
Sylvester_H._Roper
Representative from Texas 2001–present. Cousin of Charles Allen Culberson. Alvan Cullom (1797–1877), Tennessee State Representative 1835–36, U.S. Representative
List of United States political families (C)
List_of_United_States_political_families_(C)
translator Alvan Clark (1804–1887), astronomer and telescope maker John M. Clark (1821–1902), sheriff of Suffolk County Nancy Talbot Clark (1825–1901)
List of burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery
List_of_burials_at_Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
1865 speech by Andrew Johnson
William A. Browning, and several fellow Tennesseans, including General Alvan C. Gillem and future U.S. Senator Joseph S. Fowler (all key staffers during
Andrew Johnson's drunken vice-presidential inaugural address
Andrew_Johnson's_drunken_vice-presidential_inaugural_address
Observatory
Lewis Swift. By the time the 16-inch refractive telescope, made by Alvan Clark and Sons, was installed, it had cost Warner almost $100,000 but was the fourth
Warner_Observatory
California – J.H. and Lee Richardson (early developers) Richburg, New York – Alvan Richardson (settler) Richland, Washington – Nelson Rich (state legislator
List of places in the United States named after people
List_of_places_in_the_United_States_named_after_people
Hindi, Turkish, Arabic, Latin, French, English) Alizée (French, English) Alvan (Breton, English) Thomas Anders (German, English, Spanish) Mayra Andrade
List of multilingual bands and artists
List_of_multilingual_bands_and_artists
Association football club in Wrexham, Wales
season. John Neal was appointed manager of Wrexham in 1968, succeeding Alvan Williams who had brought Neal to the club as his assistant.[citation needed]
Wrexham_A.F.C.
American novelist
May 6, 1817, she married lawyer Harrison Gray Otis (1792–1827), the eldest son of U.S. Senator Harrison Gray Otis. They were the parents of Arthur Henderson
Eliza_Henderson_Boardman_Otis
Political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic
republicanism." The efforts were primarily led by political leaders such as Alvan E. Bovay, Thaddeus Stevens, and Abraham Lincoln. Neorepublicanism is the
Republicanism
House elections for the 66th U.S. Congress
H. Gillett (R-Massachusetts) became Speaker, and previous speaker Champ Clark (D-Missouri) became Minority Leader. Woodrow Wilson was elected to the presidency
1918 United States House of Representatives elections
1918_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
February 7 – John Deere, inventor and industrialist (died 1886) March 8 – Alvan Clark, astronomer, telescope maker, portrait painter and engraver (died 1887)
1804_in_the_United_States
German astronomer and mathematician (1784–1846)
positional measurement, and eventually led to the discovery of Sirius B by Alvan Graham Clark in 1862, the first discovery of a white dwarf. John Martin Schaeberle
Friedrich_Wilhelm_Bessel
Winter Olympics Alan D'Andrea (class of 1974), cancer researcher and the Alvan T. and Viola D. Fuller American Cancer Society Professor of Radiation Oncology
List of Lawrenceville School alumni
List_of_Lawrenceville_School_alumni
Sheehan, MA, 1787 November 22 Charles Rose, MA, 1787 December 6 William Clark, MA, 1787 December 6 Joseph Taylor, MA, 1788 May 8 Abigail Converse, MA
List of people executed in Massachusetts
List_of_people_executed_in_Massachusetts
American basketball executive and player (born 1972)
along with Steve Nash. Hill was permitted by Suns Ring of Honor member, Alvan Adams, to wear his familiar No. 33 with the Suns. Hill adapted well to the
Grant_Hill
Refractor in the Penteli Observatory, Greece
remain the largest in the world for long, because just 2 years later Alvan Clark built the US Naval 26 inch telescope for the United States Naval Observatory
Newall_Telescope
United States Army officer (1824–1886)
military, and political. New York, D. Appleton and company. Southworth, Alvan S.; Bayard, Thomas Francis (1880). Life of Gen. Winfield S. Hancock. New
Winfield_Scott_Hancock
Flavel W. Bingham – mayor of Cleveland Sherwood Boehlert – U.S. congressman Alvan E. Bovay – Wisconsin State Assembly representative; one of the founders
List of people from Utica, New York
List_of_people_from_Utica,_New_York
original (PDF) on November 4, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2019. Stewart, Alvan (1845). A legal argument before the Supreme court of the state of New Jersey
Slavery_in_the_United_States
Rhythm exercise
including those by Charles Robbins (1812), Rumrille and Holton (1817), Alvan Robinson (1818), Levi Lovering (1819), and George Klinehanse (1853). A number
Drum_rudiment
Research institution in Pennsylvania, US
maker Alvan Clark. When it was reinstalled the clarity was improved so the lens-napping benefited the observatory. In gratitude, Langley added Clark's name
Allegheny_Observatory
American politician (1833–1903)
Louisiana Party Democratic Relations Alvan Lafargue (grandson) Malcolm Lafargue (great-grandson) Adolphe Lafargue (son-in-law) Children At least two daughters:
Alfred_Briggs_Irion
American physician (1893–1966)
Association: 61. doi:10.1001/jama.1922.02640010065036. Cullen, James H.; Barach, Alvan L. & Herben, George Foster (May–June 1948). "Closure of Cavities in Pulmonary
George_Foster_Herben
for the Union, Volume 1, The Improvised War, 1861–1862. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1959. ISBN 0-684-10426-1. Rodenbough, Theophilus F. and Haskin
List of American Civil War generals (Union)
List_of_American_Civil_War_generals_(Union)
Study of any Homeric topic, especially the Iliad and Odyssey
245–258. doi:10.2307/283178. JSTOR 283178. Greek Anthology Book 7, 7.377 Alvan Seth-Smith. “Parthenius and Erucius.” Mnemosyne, vol. 34, no. 1/2, 1981
Homeric_scholarship
Private college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, US
1836–1838, it now contains the Mehlin Museum of Astronomy, including Alvan Clark's first telescope (from 1852), as well as the Milham Planetarium, which
Williams_College
Imaging of astronomical objects
photographically corrected 11 in (28 cm) refracting telescope made by Alvan Clark to make a 51-minute exposure of the Orion Nebula, the first photograph
Astrophotography
National Basketball Association rivalry
for the Suns, however, due to not just key players like Paul Westphal and Alvan Adams reaching retirement and coach John MacLeod no longer making a viable
Lakers–Suns_rivalry
Bonaparte II, class of 1848 Brig. Gen. Eugene Asa Carr, class of 1850 Maj. Gen. Alvan Cullem Gillem, class of 1851 Maj. Gen. George Crook, class of 1852 Gen.
List of United States Military Academy alumni
List_of_United_States_Military_Academy_alumni
National Basketball Association team in Phoenix, Arizona
their fortunes changed in the 1970s after partnering Dick Van Arsdale and Alvan Adams with Paul Westphal. The team reached the 1976 NBA Finals, in what
Phoenix_Suns
Brightest star in Earth's night sky
companion. On 31 January 1862, American telescope-maker and astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first observed the faint companion, which is now called Sirius B.
Sirius
Association football club in England
1956–1960 Eddie Perry 1960 Frank Broome 1961–1965 Ted Fenton 1965–1967 Alvan Williams 1967–1969 Ernie Shepherd 1969–1970 Geoff Hudson 1970–1976 Arthur
Southend_United_F.C.
US Army general (1887–1979)
Devers would relieve Clark every time both met. Marshall insisted that Anvil required an experienced commander, and with Patton gone, Clark was the only one
Jacob_L._Devers
School in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, US
and renamed the Stone School. In 1923, during the tenure of headmaster Alvan P. Duerr, the school's name was changed to Storm King School. In 1928, the
Storm_King_School
Political ideology
republicanism". The efforts were primarily led by political leaders such as Alvan E. Bovay, Thaddeus Stevens, and Abraham Lincoln. Abolition of monarchy Criticism
Modern_republicanism
Army. At various times, the district was commanded by generals Edward Ord, Alvan Cullem Gillem, and Adelbert Ames. American Civil War portal Mississippi
Mississippi in the American Civil War
Mississippi_in_the_American_Civil_War
Calendar year
ironclad warship, USS Monitor, is launched in Brooklyn. January 31 – Alvan Graham Clark makes the first observation of Sirius B, a white dwarf star, through
1862
and naturalist who collected plants on Madagascar Rubiaceae Bu Chapmannia Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1809–1899) Fabaceae Bu Chaptalia Jean-Antoine Chaptal
List of plant genera named after people (A–C)
List_of_plant_genera_named_after_people_(A–C)
American soldier, explorer, and road builder
12. Mullan had wanted to bring his friends, Lt. August Kautz and 2d Lt. Alvan Cullem Gillem, but the Army disallowed the request. Mullan had employed
John_Mullan_(road_builder)
American abolitionist (1795–1874)
proceedings," and Green was hung in effigy. In 1835, Green and his friend Alvan Stewart convinced Gerrit Smith to come to an organizational meeting for
Beriah_Green
American chemist (1781-1858)
Edward Daniel Clarke of Oxford, shortly after 1800. He married Harriett Clark and had six children. In 1802, Hare was elected a member of the American
Robert_Hare_(chemist)
African American who was lynched in the U.S.
head, and took Hose away. Former Governor William Yates Atkinson and Judge Alvan Freeman pleaded with the crowd to release Hose to the custody of the authorities
Lynching_of_Sam_Hose
American politician (1874–1958)
Governor of Massachusetts. He was defeated by Republican Lieutenant Governor Alvan T. Fuller. Pursuant to a new one-term restriction, Curley was not able to
James_Michael_Curley
Works relating to slavery in the United States
(1845). The Unconstitutionality of Slavery. Boston: Bella Marsh. Stewart, Alvan (1845). A Legal Argument Before the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey
Bibliography of slavery in the United States
Bibliography_of_slavery_in_the_United_States
of observational astronomy there, which began with the purchase of an Alvan Clark 6-inch refractor in 1885 MPC · 3124 3125 Hay 1982 BJ1 William Thompson
Meanings of minor-planet names: 3001–4000
Meanings_of_minor-planet_names:_3001–4000
International Inc. Gerardo I. Lopez, CEO of Extended Stay America and AMC Theatres Alvan Macauley, president of Packard Ellen Malcolm, founder and president of EMILY's
List of George Washington University alumni
List_of_George_Washington_University_alumni
Calendar year
1919) July 6 – Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867) July 10 – Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer and telescope-maker (d. 1897) July 11 – Charilaos
1832
" The town, as the parish, selected a liberal Unitarian minister, Rev. Alvan Lamson, to serve the First Church in Dedham. The members of the church were
History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1800–1899
History_of_Dedham,_Massachusetts,_1800–1899
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