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7. Uncompleted projects

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7. Uncompleted projects

Description: These boxes contain materials on which Ira S. Bowen was working at the time of his death. Most of them consist of notes, calculations, etc., concerning optical designs of the 40-and 100-inch Las Campanas telescopes.
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Call number: Bowen

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Basic Formulae --100-Inch [#3]
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[Incl c.memos BHRule & HWB to various; report "General Specifications for 100-Inch Irenée DuPont Telescope, CIW Las Campanas Observatory, Chile," Jan. 27, 1971. folded items]
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4. Astronomical working papers
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These contain various notes, sheets with calculations, instrument designs, and miscellaneous information.
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FRANKLIN INSTITUTE [12]
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[This deals primarily with the Institute awarding the Potts Medal to Ira Bowen. Corresp: Nigel O'C. Wolff; Henry Butler Allen]
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8. Note cards
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This box contains miscellaneous notes made by Bowen on 3 X 5 inch note cards. These were usually taken at meetings or lectures. Other miscellaneous items are also in this box.
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P -- MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE [23]
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[Hans P. Palenius; Archie M. Palmer; Edmund N. Parker {A. B. Sanderson & Co., Ltd}; Pasadena City College {Catherine J. Robbins}; E. T. Pearson {KPNO + 2 photos & mss. "Optical Tests and Adjustments of the 200-Inch Hale Telescope," & "Accuracy," by ISB}; Jean-Claude Pecker; John G. Phillips; Physics Today {Sheila R. Vider}; A. Keith Pierce; John E. Pomfret; Willard Pressnalle]
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Bruce H. RULE [14]
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[Incl c.ltr BHR to ALReimann; c.ltr Adolph Razdow to BHR; c.ltr BHR to ARazdow; c.ltr Donald K. Wilson {Razdow Labs} to BHR; c.memo BHR to BAHill. + "Designs for Proposed 60-Inch Telescope," by BHR]
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