Bowen, Ira Sprague, 1898-1973.
Ira S. Bowen papers, 1940-1973.
Correspondence and manuscripts from Ira S. Bowen's years of Mt. Wilson and Palmar Observatories (1946-1964), as well as the period following his retirement when he was still active in designing telescope optics and instruments (1964-1973).
Ira Sprague Bowen, a physicist by training, was the third director of the Mount Wilson Observatory. BA, Oberlin College (1919); PhD, California Institute of Technology (1926). physics department staff, University of Chicago (1920-1921); physics department staff, California Institute of Technology (1921-1931); professor of physics, California Institute of Technology (1931-1945); Director, Mt. Wilson Observatory (1946-1964); Director, Palomar Observatory, California Institute of Technology (1948-1964).
Bowen, Ira Sprague, 1898-1973
Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories -- Photographs.
Astronomical observatories -- Instrumentation.
Astronomy.
Telescopes -- Design and construction.
Optics.
Astronomers. lcsh
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