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Mount Wilson Observatory: References & Edit History

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There is no coherent full-length history of Mount Wilson Observatory, although episodic studies exist in Helen Wright, Explorer of the Universe (1966, reprinted 1994); and Albert van Helden, “Building Large Telescopes: 1900–1950,” chapter 8 in O. Gingerich (ed.), Astrophysics and Twentieth-Century Astronomy to 1950 (1984).

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Description	Contributor	Date
Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Oct 25, 2017
Modified title of Web site: Official Site of Mount Wilson Observatory, California, United States.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jan 15, 2014
Changed "1948" to "1949."	Amy Tikkanen	Apr 01, 2010
Bibliography revised and updated.	Erik Gregersen	Sep 03, 2008
Article revised and updated.	Erik Gregersen	Sep 03, 2008
Added new Web site: Official Site of Mount Wilson Observatory, California, United States.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 15, 2006
Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Aug 30, 1999

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