MT. STROMLO, MAKING OF LENSES FOR MILITARY INSTRUMENTS: SPHERICAL IRON BLOCKS ARE CAREFULLY ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Mount Stromlo
Accession Number 005927
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Mount Stromlo
Date made 26 February 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

MT. STROMLO, MAKING OF LENSES FOR MILITARY INSTRUMENTS: SPHERICAL IRON BLOCKS ARE CAREFULLY TURNED TO EXACT MEASUREMENTS FOR USE IN MOUNTING LENS BLANKS FOR GRINDING. TED HOLMES OF OBSERVATORY STAFF AT WORK ON ONE OF THE LENS BLOCKS. (NEGATIVE BY E. CRANSTONE).