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Photographer: Engraving in Smith's Illustrated Astronomy, Second Edition
Taken: 1848
Caption: Cincinnati Observatorys 11 inch "Merz and Mahler" refracting telescope installed in 1843
Additional Description: It is described in the 1848 text as “The 2nd Telescope in size in the United States at the Cincinnati Observatory.” It is believed to be the oldest professional telescope still in use in the Western Hemisphere
Submitted: October 29, 2016, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p367866
File Size: 0.375 Megabytes

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