Making Own Telescope (91 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Making Your Own Telescope. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A book that has been used with great success by countless amateur astronomers, this volume presents complete and detailed instructions and numerous diagrams showing how to construct a do-it-yourself telescope. No complicated mathematics are involved, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy is needed to follow the text's step-by-step directions, which also offer instruction in the fundamentals of practical optics.Contents: 1. Story of the Telescope. 2. Materials and Equipment. 3. Mirror Grinding. 4. The Pitch Lap. 5. Polishing-Testing-Correcting. 6. The Paraboloid. 7. The Diagonal. 8. Tube Parts-Alignment-The Finder. 9. Eyepieces and Related Problems. 10. The Mounting. 11. Aluminizing and Cleaning. 12. Setting Circles-Equatorial Adjustment. 13. Optical Principles-Atmosphere-Magnitudes. 14. A Second Telescope. Appendixes. Index. Based on a series of articles written for Sky and Telescope 50 years ago, this handbook provides instructions for grinding and polishing mirrors in an amateur laboratory, mounting them in a handmade telescope, and setting the circles and equatorial adjustment. A reprint of the revised edition publis Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 10th printing, revised; dj w/small chip on rear panel, lite toning and wear, unclipped price, in mylar; brown c w/gilt titles; 211 clean, unmarked pages/index. B/W Sketches (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Sky Publishing Corporation Cambridge, MA 1954 8vo. 211 pages. staining to brown cloth boards. binding tight. soiling to dust jacket. dust jacket in mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Foxing on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Making Your Own Telescope. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cash. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Minor rubbing and wear to cover. Underlining and notations in text, binding is secure. DJ is worn, soiled, and has edge wear and tears with chipping. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 10th printing, revised. Square and unmarked. 211pp. Photos and diagrams. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 7th Printing. Has DJ (edge wear) & 7th Printing.

Condition: Good. - 8vo, orange cloth titled in gilt on front cover & spine; in pictorial tan dw (soiled; creased & slightly chipped at edges; owner's inscription on front endpaper). xi, [i] & 211pp. Frontispiece & textual illustrations. Good. Reprint of the 1947 edition."Between the covers of this book are complete and detailed instructions for making your first telescope. Step-by-step directions, and numerous diagrams by the author, enable you to produce an instrument which will reveal markings on the surface of the moon little more than a mile across." -- From the dw blurb.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 7TH PRINTING, CLEAN COPY.

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Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (science, telescope, make your own) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.