February 29, 2024
Eye End of Spectroscope Telescope at Lick Observatory 1888 Engineering Print
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This is a vintage technical engineering engraving titled " Eye End of the 36 - In. Equatorial Telescope With Spectroscope ." It is in excellent condition and was published in a British engineering journal. The print is dated September 7, 1888. It shows details of eye end and spectroscope and its mountings for the 36in telescope at the Lick Observatory. The engraving is accompanied by an article describing this part of the telescope's apparatus in detail. Lick Observatory was the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory . The observatory was constructed between 1876 and 1887, from a bequest from James Lick. In 1887 Lick's body was buried under the future site of the telescope, with a brass tablet bearing the inscription, "Here lies the body of James Lick." Before construction could begin, a road to the site had to be built. All of the construction materials had to be brought to the site by horse and mule-drawn wagons, which could not negotiate a steep grade. To keep the grade below 6.5%, the road had to take a very winding and sinuous path, which the modern-day road (SR 130) still follows. Tradition maintains that this road has exactly 365 turns. (This is approximately correct, although uncertainty as to what should count as a turn makes precise verification impossible). Even those who do not normally suffer
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