Author: Thompson, Allyn J.
Title: Making Your Own Telescope.
Description: Cambridge, MA: Sky Publishing Corporation, (1951). (1951). - 8vo, orange cloth titled in gilt on front cover & spine; in pictorial tan dw (soiled; creased & slightly chipped at edges; owner's inscription on front endpaper). xi, [i] & 211pp. Frontispiece & textual illustrations. Good.

Reprint of the 1947 edition.

"Between the covers of this book are complete and detailed instructions for making your first telescope. Step-by-step directions, and numerous diagrams by the author, enable you to produce an instrument which will reveal markings on the surface of the moon little more than a mile across.." -- From the dw blurb. Good .

Keywords: SCIENCE; ASTRONOMY; TELESCOPE; OPTICS; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS; HOW-TO; INSTRUCTIONS; ALLYN J. THOMPSON.

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