Warner & Swasey.
Warner and Swasey Company records, 1883-1970.
The collection consists of a copy of a pictorial historical reference book, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous articles and lists relating to the company's history.
Founded by Worcester Reed Warner and Ambrose Swasey in 1880 to manufacture high-grade special machinery and machine tools. They set new standards for the manufacture of astronomical telescopes and other observatory equipment. They constructed, among others, the telescope for the Lick Observatory (1883), Kenwood Observatory, the U.S. Naval Observatory (1893), Yerkes Observatory (1897), Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Canada (1916), Argentia National Observatory (1926) and the Case Institute Observatory (1941).
Warner & Swasey.
Optical instruments -- Design and construction.
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Case Western Reserve University. Kelvin Smith Library. Special Collections. 11055 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106-7151, USA