. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure i i .—Alvan Graham Clark. Courtesy Lick Observatory. From the first, Clark lenses were probably equal to any ever made,30 and undoubtedly better than those made by the only other serious and contemporary American lens maker, Henry Fitz was immediately successful, however, while Clark's talents were little appreciated until William R. Dawes, the well-known British double-star observer, pub- lished reports of the extraordinary performance of his lenses. Alvan Clark himself attributed the increasing number of orders to Dawes1 pub
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure i i .—Alvan Graham Clark. Courtesy Lick Observatory. From the first, Clark lenses were probably equal to any ever made,30 and undoubtedly better than those made by the only other serious and contemporary American lens maker, Henry Fitz was immediately successful, however, while Clark's talents were little appreciated until William R. Dawes, the well-known British double-star observer, pub- lished reports of the extraordinary performance of his lenses. Alvan Clark himself attributed the increasing number of orders to Dawes1 publicity. Simon Newcomb may have been exaggerating, but he certainly expressed a grain of truth when he wrote that had Alvan Clark "been a citizen of any other civilized country, [hel would have found no difficulty in 30 Simon Newcomb, Popular Astronomy (New York, 1878), p. 139. 31 The Clarks refigured and greatly improved several large Fitz lenses. See below, catalog of Clark instruments. I?. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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