[SEL] Mt. Wilson?????

[Mark Shulaw]

The NBC nightly news this evening did an large broadcast from Mt 
Wilson I thing they called it and they did talk about the antenna 
arrays but they did spend a good bit of time discussing the 
observatory actually acting concerned about it. They seemed to be 
properly concerned about it and told a small amount of history on the 
complex.    Mark



At 07:07 PM 9/2/2009, you wrote:
>Around here the news media commenting on Mount Wilson only state that there
>are several antenna towers there, yet no mention of the observatory.  But I
>guess to news media people broadcast towers are what is important to them!
>
>Rick
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Frank DeWitt" <Frank at lbpinc.com>
>To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:36 PM
>Subject: Re: [SEL] Mt. Wilson?????
>
>
> > It appears that the Mt Wilson Observatory is out of danger.
> > http://joy.chara.gsu.edu/CHARA/fire.php
> >
> > I just want to take a little bandwidth to write why Mt willson is so
> > important to us engine people.  (Many of us have been there and seen
> > for them selves but for the others.)
> >
> > There is a Fairbanks Morse Type RE with a directly coupled to a
> > generator capable of producing 40 KW of power at 125 Volts D.C  Add
> > to that, it is still in it's original location, and surrounded by the
> > equipment it originally ran and it is truly amazing.
> >
> > This engine was restored by Ken and Larry Evans and others.  Larry is
> > a regular contributor to this list and is the expert on Mt Wilson.  I
> > am just adding opinion.
> >
> > Because the observatory was originally designed to run on DC and
> > involves many unique mechanical devices and because everything is on
> > top of a mountain, a lot of it is still there and still
> > working.  Wonderful old winches, motors that are collectors items in
> > there own right.  DC motor control panels.  DC lighting control
> > panels, and many more "Antique mechanical items.
> >
> > Further investigation shows things like a wood fixture "Wiffle Tree"
> > for lifting a 100 inch mirror.  Also a large worm and worm wheel
> > (perhaps 12 feet.) How did it get up there (It was built in pieces
> > and hobbed in place!
> >
> > How do you re coat a 100 in mirror that is on top of a mountain?   Ask
> > Larry
> >
> > If you are into the sciences and people of science you can have your
> > picture taken in the same place as Albert Einstein or Edison or Edwin
> > Hubble or Albert Abraham Michelson.
> > He worked out the speed of light on that mountain in 1925
> >
> > Here is Larry's web site.
> > http://www.oldengine.org/members/levans/
> >
> >
> > Frank
> >
> >
> >
> > I want to know how God created the world.
> > I am not interested in this or that phenomenon,
> > in the spectrum of this or that element.
> > I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.
> > --Albert Einstein--
> >
> >
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Mark Shulaw
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