Luke, Thanks for the citation. The classic book on Palomar is "The Glass Giant of Palomar" by Max? Woodbury, written in the 1950s. You might enjoy it, also. Many U.S. libraries have it.
Since the site survey must have been done in roughly the 1920s-1930s at various remote sites, use of the Campbell-Stokes recorder would seem reasonable, although I have no knowledge of its use. Gordon About 50 miles southwest of Palomar At 11:42 AM 4/19/99 , you wrote: >Hello Larry, > > In reading "The Perfect Machine : Building the Palomar Telescope" (see >link below) I spotted mention of the telescope site committee deploying >"sunshine recorders" at various locations to test which would be best >for the scope's eventual home. Mt. Palomar, needless to say, was finally >chosen. Thanks to this thread, I'm now interested in knowing what type >of "sunshine recorder" they might have used, perhaps the >Campbell-Stokes? Anyone have any information? Gordon Uber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reynen & Uber Web Design http://www.ubr.com/rey&ubr/ Webmaster: Clocks and Time http://www.ubr.com/clocks/
