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Palomar Telescope
Mount Design, 1929
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An early design for the mounting of the 200-inch Palomar telescope by Russell W. Porter, January 1929. This equatorial turret -- also known as the tube mounting -- was later abandoned in favor of the horseshoe mount.
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