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Kodak and the Palomar telescope advertisement
[Click to enlarge.] This is the only commercial advertisement that I can recall with a tie between Eastman Kodak and science, specifically telescopes.For more on the Palomar telescope, use the blog's search engine.
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Last Gasp For A. C. Gilbert?...1963
Attached copy... Not so much a commercial as an infomercial. This 10 minute 1963 promotional reel for the A.C. Gilbert company highlights childrens' microscopes, telescopes, physics sets, electrical engineering sets, chemistry sets, electronics...
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Palomar Observatory...1940 Footage Of Construction
Well, here are reels #2 and #3 of some historical footage of the construction of the Palomar Observatory. Unfortunately reel #1 has not been digitized as this time.
The Online Archive of California is an initiative of the California Digital Library.
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“the Giant Eye”...corning Glass Works Participation
Ladle of Molten Glass on way to Mold 1934 "Mirror to Discovery" The 200-Inch Disk and the Hale Reflecting Telescope at Palomar January 10 - October 30, 2011 Rakow Research Library Corning Museum of Glass In 1928, the famed astronomer, George Ellery...
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Italo Calvino's Mr. Palomar And Cosmology
Italo Calvino October 15th, 1923 to September 19th, 1985 Cosmological perspectives of Italo Calvino's Mr. Palomar as expressed by Orfeu Bertolami. Abstract: The character Mr. Palomar, the alter-ego of the Italian author Italo Calvino, appeared...
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Pbs--palomar Observatory
Tonight on most PBS stations...a history of the world-famous Palomar Observatory. The Journey To Palomar: America's first journey into space October 2nd, 1608/October 3rd, 1947...optics/telescope Palomar Observatory...
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