[Chaos-l] Fwd: Glass for Making Telescopes.

[Vaughn Jett]

I might be interested in helping to make some big binoculars.  I wouldn't know how to do it myself, but if anybody else wants to take the lead, I'd help.


--- On Sun, 8/10/08, Jon Stewart-Taylor <joncst at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Jon Stewart-Taylor <joncst at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Chaos-l] Fwd: Glass for Making Telescopes.
> To: "CHAOS Society" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org>
> Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 12:26 PM
> Hi all.  received the following in the club mailbox. 
> anybody up for  
> a "big" project?
> 
> J.
> 
> PS:  i transcribed the list from a PDF.  If you want a copy
> of the  
> original, please let me know.
> 
> J,
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> > From: EEDesq at aol.com
> > Date: August 8, 2008 10:33:34 PM EDT
> > To: chaos at rtpnet.org
> > Subject: Glass for Making Telescopes.
> >
> > I am writing on behalf of a friend, Keith D. Bell, who
> does not  
> > have access to the internet. He has asked that I give
> you  
> > information about some items which he has available in
> the hope  
> > that someone in your club, or another similar
> organization with  
> > which you have liaison, might have an interest in
> acquiring them.
> >
> > A list of items, prepared by Dr. Bell, is attached to
> this email.
> >
> > Should there be any interest in any of Dr. Bell's
> items he can be  
> > contacted as follows:
> >
> > Keith D. Bell, PhD
> > 1208 Kingwood Drive
> > Raleigh NC  27609
> > (919) 850-9591
> >
> > Should you have difficulty contacting Dr. Bell, or if
> you want to  
> > contact me for any other reason, I am
> >
> > Everett E. Dodd
> > 205 Sampson Street
> > Raleigh NC  27609
> > (919) 782-2886 H
> > (919) 876-7355 O
> > (919) 815-2321 C
> >
> > Should anyone have an interest in any of the items I
> should be able  
> > to make photographs to email.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > ------ transcript of scan ---
> 
> Telescope making glass available:
> 
> On 30" diameter 6" think Pyrex disk.  Asking
> price: $1100.00
> 
> Two pairs of 6" diameter Light Barium Crow (convex)
> and Dense Barium  
> Flint (meniscus, concave side is close to curvature of
> convex LBC  
> element).  good for making the objective lens of a
> refractor.
> 
> Seven sheets of 13"x13" x 3/4" St. Gobain
> plate glass.  The plates  
> are almost optically flat.  They can be cut into disks for
> mirrors or  
> to make optical flats.
> 
> One 10" diameter 2" think Pyrex mirror blank.
> 
> With the sole exception of the 30" disk, an reasonable
> offers for all  
> the other items will be acceptable.
> 
> 
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