AMATEUR TELESCOPE MAKING - Book One

Part I Chapter I: Mirror making for reflectors

II: Making the Mounting

III: 100-foot sun telescope

IV: Wrinkles

V: Adjustments

VI: Finding Celestial Objects

VII: Telescope Housings

VIII: The Prism or Diagonal

IX: Optical Flats

X: The Cassegrainian

XI: Making Eyepieces

Part II Chapter I: The Amateur’s Telescope

II: Tools and Materials - Grinding

III: Foucault Test

IV: Polishing

V: Figuring

VI: The Parabolic - Zonal Testing

VII: Silvering

VIII: Mounting the Mirror

IX Achromatic Object-Glass

X: Shaping and Grinding - Polishing

XI: Testing and Figuring

XII: Mounting the Lens

Part III: Design of Mountings

Part IV: The HCF Lap

Part V: Motor Drives

Part VI: Silvering

Part VII: Grinding and Polishing Machines

Part VIII: Chapter I: Telescope Oculars

II: Astronomical Oculars

Part IX: Chapter I: Solar Phenomena

II: Spectrohelioscope

III: Spectroheliograph

Part X: Chapter I: Compound Telescopes

II: Flotation Systems; Machine Polishing

III: Making Astronomical Flats

IV: Solar Spectroscope and Spectrograph

V: Celestial Photography

VI: Accuracy in Parabolizing

VII Where is the Crest of the Doughnut?

VIII: Ronchi Test

IX: Direct Focal Test

X: Simple Clock Drive

Part XI: Miscellany

Part XII: The Beginner’s First Telescope

Index

This book is Used but in very good condition, it has some pencil marks and the owners name on the inside cover.  It is  5 3/4" wide by 7 3/4" long and about 1 1/4" thick. It weights in at 1 1/2 Lbs

Lots of interesting original pictures of telescopes the pictures they took, including machinery hand made for making lenses, and all the charts and lens grinding specifications, a well rounded book for making your own telescope from scratch. If this is your thing this book should be a part of your Libary and the starting price is more than right. Seasquirt183