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Abbey, Leonard B. 2001. An Exciting Search for the Original Home of the Great Naval Observatory Refractor
Abrahams, Peter. 1994. Henry Fitz: A Preeminent 19th Century American Telescope Maker
Abrahams, Peter. 2004. Editorial: Retrospective of the Journal of the Antique Telescope Society
Abrahams, Peter. 2009. The Telescopes of Lowell Observatory
Abrahams, Peter. 2009. Early Image of the Warner & Swasey Factory
Abrahams, Peter. 2009. 1608-2008: The Meaning of the 'Anniversary of the Telescope'
Abrahams, Peter. 2010. Book review: 'British University Observatories 1772-1939'
Adkins, Larry. 2003. Bishop Observatory - Santa Ana College - Rancho Santiago Community College District, Santa Ana, California
Ariail, Robert B. 1996. The Artistry of Telescope Restoration
Ariail, Robert B. 1996. The Artistry of Telescope Restoration
Ariail, Robert B. 1997. Victorian Telescope Makers: The Lives and Letters of Thomas and Howard Grubb
Ariail, Robert B. 1997. The Artistry of Telescope Restoration
Ariail, Robert B. 1998. The Artistry of Telescope Restoration
Ariail, Robert B. 1999. Book review: "A Creation of His Own: Tappan's Detroit Observatory"
Ariail, Robert B. 1999. The Artistry of Telescope Restoration - Dent Removal
Ariail, Robert. 1994. The Artistry of Telescope Restoration
Ariail, Robert. 1995. The Artistry of Telescope Restoration
Ariail, Robert. 1995. The Artistry of Telescope Restoration - A professional Method of Cleaning Optics
Augenstein, John G. 2003. Removal and Reinstallation of an antique 'Burnished in' Lens
Bartky, Ian R., & Robert B. Ariail. 2006. Early Clark III: The Loomis and Clark Connection, 1859-1855
Beckman, Olof. 2002. Samuel Klingenstierna and the Achromatic Lens - II. Correction of Spherical and Chromatic Aberration
Beckman, Olof. 2002. Samuel Klingenstierna and the Achromatic Lens
Bell, Trudy E. 2002. The Roles of Lesser-Known American Telescope Makers
Bell, Trudy E. 2004. Editorial: A Personal Vision for the Journal of the Antique Telescope Society
Bell, Trudy E. 2006. Early Clark II: Scientific American Coverage of Clark's Pre-Factory Career, 1849-1860
Bell, Trudy E. 2006. Alvan Clark: Commentary, Contradictions, and Questions
Bell, Trudy E. 2006. Happy Birthday, Alvan Clark!
Bell, Trudy E. 2012. Book review: 'The Great Melbourne Telescope'
Bell, Trudy E. 2020. The Discovery of an Unknown Pre-Factory 5-inch Alvan Clark Refractor Made by 1858
Bell, Trudy E. 2021. A Book About the Space Age That Happens To Be an Unlikely Resource on Old U.S. Observatories
Bell, Trudy E., & Robert B. Ariail. 2006. Early Clark V: Maria Mitchell's 1872 Notes on Alvan Clark and Telescope Making
Binder, Alan. 2010. The Performance Characteristics of 17th Century Long-Focus, Non-Achromatic Refractors
Blumsack, Charles E. 1996. A Bardou Spyglass in the U.S. Civil War
Boger, John. 1998. Telescopes 'down under' ...
Breyer, Walter H. 1993. The Vernonscope Auction - An Event You Don't Want to Miss!
Breyer, Walter H. 1994. ATS Information Exchange
Breyer, Walter H. 1994. ATS Information Exchange
Breyer, Walter H. 1994. ATS Second Annual Convention - 'In the Shadow of Yerkes' A Huge Success
Breyer, Walter H. 1994. ATS Information Exchange
Breyer, Walter H. 1995. The 'Dollond' Versus 'Dolland' Controversy
Breyer, Walter H. 1996. Highlights of our 4th Annual ATS Convention
Breyer, Walter H. 1996. ATS Information Exchange
Breyer, Walter H. 1997. ATS Information Exchange
Breyer, Walter H. 1998. Inquiries on a Variety of Interests
Breyer, Walter H. 1999. ATS Information Exchange
Breyer, Walter H. 1999. Highlights of the 8th Annual ATS Convention - West Coast Giants II
Breyer, Walter. 1994. Vintage Glass by the Bay - The 1994 ATS Convention in Santa Clara, CA
Breyer, Walter. 1998. Highlights of the ATS 6th Annual Convention
Breyer, Walter. 1999. Highlights of the 7th Annual ATS Convention in Cambridge/Boston area
Briggs, John W. 2001. ATS Member Peter Louwman Honored with Asteroid
Briggs, John W. 2001. ATS Member Ken Launie Distinguished with Special Award
Briggs, John W. 2001. A Message from the President
Brooks, Randall C. 1996. Historic Scientific Instruments of Canada
Broughton, Peter. 2004. Book reviews: 'The Herschel Partnership as viewed by Caroline'; 'Caroline Herschel's Autobiographies'
Burgeson, James R., & Robert B. Ariail. 1995. Some Background on: G. Prin - Paris
Busch, Wolfgang. 2010. The ZEISS B Objective: Experiences in the Work of Restoration
Busch, Wolfgang. 2020. Development of Apochromatic Telescope Objectives at Zeiss: Max Pauly's Doublet Type A
Cameron, Gary. 2010. Book review: 'The Telescope: A Short History'
Ceragioli, Roger C. 2011. The 20-inch 'Reversible' Alvan Clark & Sons Objective for the Chamberlin Observatory (Denver, Colorado USA)
Ceragioli, Roger C. 2012. Georg Simon Plössl and his Namesake Eyepiece
Ceragioli, Roger C., ed. 2016. Nordenmark, N. V. E., Johan Nordström, Roger C. Ceragioli, & Elisabeth Goodwin. 2016. The Invention of the Achromatic and Aplanatic Lens with Special Regard to the Role Played by Samuel Klingenstierna
Clark, William T. 1996. 11-inch Aperture Refractor from Smith College
Cobb, Darren. 1999. Martin Drawtube Telescope
Considine, Matthew. 2006. Review: English Mechanic on DVD
Culbertson, Brenda. 1999. 100 Years and Still Counting - Crane Observatory of Washburn University
Davis, Roger. 1994. A word from 'Down Under'
Eelsalu, Heino. 1994. Big Fraunhofer's 'Short' Story - The 9-inch Dorpat Refractor
Eelsalu, Heino. 1994. And a Word From the 'East'
Elliot, Ian. 1993. The Story of a Missing Lens - The Extensive Travels of an Early Clark
Faits, Ed. 1996. Amherst College Observatory Fire
Fried, Bart, & John W. Briggs. 1999. Standing in Uncle John's Footsteps : James Walter Fecker and his Legacy of Large Telescopes"
Fried, Bart. 1992. From the Cradle of Liberty
Fried, Bart. 1992. The Mechanic of the Moon
Fried, Bart. 1992. A Partial List of Small Brashear Telescopes and Instruments
Fried, Bart. 1992. Founders Message
Fried, Bart. 1994. The German-American Connection: William Würdemann, Camill Fauth and George N. Saegmuller
Fried, Bart. 1995. Recently Re-identified - Elihu Thomson refractor
Fried, Bart. 1995. Recently Noted
Fried, Bart. 1997. 8-inch Henry Giles Fitz Refractor Reborn ...
Fried, Bart. 1997. Some Recent Discoveries ...
Fried, Bart. 1999. Joseph P. Wampler: A Country Squire Ignites a Tradition
Fried, Bart. 2007. A New Lease on Life for Historic Philadelphia Telescopes
Fried, Bart. 2011. An Historic American Refractor Rediscovered in China
Fried, Bart. 2012. The First Telescope of Swarthmore College
Fried, Bart. 2012. From the President
Fried, Bart. 2013. In Memoriam: Peter Hingley
Fried, Bart. 2013. President's Message
Fried, Bart. 2014. From the President's Desk
Fuller, Dudley M. 1996. The Reconvery of a Long Forgotten, Early 18th Century 6-inch Newtonian reflector
Garfinkle, Robert A. 2006. Early Clark IV: William Leitch's 1861 Visit to Alvan Clark's Workshop
Gay, Ebenezer. 2021. On Conservation: The Repair of Brass Instruments
Gegen, Doug. 1994. Thomas Cooke - The English Alvan Clark
Griffin, Elizabeth. 1994. An Insider's View on the Role of the ATS for Preservation
Griffin, R. Elizabeth. 1996. The Mount Wilson 100-inch America's 'Vintage' Large Telescope
Gussmann, Ernst-August, & Gerhard Scholz. 1999. The Great Refractor of the Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory - 100 years old
Hall, Allen T. 2011. Rebuilding the Weight Drive for the 8¼-inch Alvan Clark at Seagrave Memorial Observatory
Hall, Susan. 1994. An Early Clark Leads an Active Life
Hambleton, Bob. 1995. Henry Fitz refractor highlight of auction
Hambleton, Robert 1999. Corrections
Hambleton, Robert. 1992. Two 18th Century Observatories of Ireland
Hambleton, Robert. 1994. Help! In Search of the Past
Hambleton, Robert. 1994. A Thank You to Mr. David Hilyard
Hambleton, Robert. 1994. Captured by Cochise? - Fact or Fiction: You be the Judge
Hambleton, Robert. 1996. ATS Information Exchange
Hambleton, Robert. 1997. Comprehensive Index of Articles Volumes 1-12 Journal of the Antique Telescope Society
Hambleton, Robert. 1997. ATS Presents Two Silver Medals
Hambleton, Robert. 1998. Conservation Treatment Slated for the Dearborn Telescope, Adler Planetarium ...
Hambleton, Robert. 1999. Rules for awarding the ATS Medals
Hambleton, Robert. 2006. Letters to the Editor
Hambleton, Robert. 2006. Author's Biographies
Hambleton, Robert. 2006. Gleanings from Oldscope
Hambleton, Robert. 2006. Caltech Instrument Maker James A. Westphal Dies
Harris, Don, Dorothy Schaumberg, & Don Osterbrock. 2002. An Early Photograph of S.W. Burnham at the Clark 18.5-inch Refractor of the old Dearborn Observatory
Hingley, Peter D. 2013. The Shuckburghs of Shuckburgh, Isaac Fletcher, and the history of the English Mounting
Hingley, Peter. 1999. Dunkin Autobiography Published
Jensen, Len. 1992. Two Rare Solar Eyepieces
Johnson, Kevin. 1998. 'The Sun Spotteries' The South Kensington Solar Physics Observatory
Johnson, Kevin. 1999. Sensible Telescopes? The Life and Work of Andrew Ainslie Common
Kilburn, Kevin J. 2002. The Godlee Observatory in Manchester, England - The History of the Grubb 'Twin Equatorial'
Kocken, Gerald. 2014. Refurbishing an 1880s John Brashear Reflecting Telescope
Koester, Jack. 1994. Astronomy Book Review
Koester, Jack. 1994. A Beginner's Star-Book
Koester, Jack. 1994. A Book Well Worth the Time - 'Pleasures of the Telescope'
Koester, Jack. 1995. "Telescopic Work for Starligt Evenings"
Koester, Jack. 1995. The Practical Astronomer
Koester, Jack. 1996. Salvaging an Abused Lens or How a 4½-inch Brashear lens came unglued before I did!
Koester, Jack. 1996. Unveiling the Universe
Koester, Jack. 1997. 1001 Celestial Wonders as observed with Home-Built Instruments
Koester, Jack. 1998. Vicarious Collecting: A Review of Some Notable Books about Books - and where to acquire them!
Koolish, Richard, & Kenneth J. Launie. 2006. Alvan Clark Bicentennial at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Kramer, Jack. 1999. William Buffham, Telescope Maker
Launie, Ken. 2021. Call for Papers: The 2021 Antique Telescope Society Virtual Convention
Launie, Kenneth J. 2009. From the President
Launie, Kenneth J. 2010. From the President
Launie, Kenneth J. 2011. From the President
Launie, Kenneth J. 2012. The Mystery of an Unsigned, Early Refractor Unveiled
Launie, Kenneth. 1995. Burton Fitzgerald and the Clark Firm
Launie, Kenneth. 1995. Reminiscences of Visits to the Alvan Clark Factory
Maddison, Ron 1997. The Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain
Maddison, Ron 1999. Congratulations to ATS Member Jim Hysom!
Maddison, Ron. 1994. Lohmann Refractor
Maddison, Ron. 1995. A Message from the President
Maddison, Ron. 1995. The Telescopes of J.H. Reynolds ~ Birmingham, England ~ One of the Great 'Amateur' Professionals
Maddison, Ron. 1999. A Typical John-Browning 6½" Reflector of about 1875 - and an interesting sequence of events
Maddison, Ron. 1999. Isaac's Catadioptrical Tubes
Maddison, Ron. 2000. The History of the Oxford/Keele 12-inch Grubb Refractor from 1874
Maddison, Ron. 2002. A Most Exciting Time to Live: The Beginnings of the Great Yerkes Refractor
Maddison, Ron. 2003. Some Typical Design Features of Late Eighteenth Century Gregorian Reflectors
Malpas, Barry, Bart Fried, Ken Launie, & Trudy E. Bell. 2020. In Memoriam: Peter Keith Abrahams, Craig Beale Waff
Malpas, Barry. 2009. Astronomical Contributions of Two Notable Women
Martin, Jack. 2021. Theodorus Blethyn Telescope - A Rare Find
Matsopoulos, Nikos. 1995. The Travels of an Impressive Refractor: The 25" Newall
Matthies, Fred. 1995. A Large (by any standards) Telescope Lens
Matthies, Fred. 1996. J.W. Fecker Remembered ...
Maurer, Andreas. 1996. A Compendium of All Known William Herschel Telescopes
Maurer, Andreas. 1998. A Compendium of all known William Herschel Telescopes
Maurer, Andreas. 2011. Lucien Bonaparte and his Herschel Telescopes
Moreno-Corral, Marco, David Hiriart, Jorge Valdez, & Antolin Cordova. 2014. Three 19th Century Astronomical Instruments of Mexico
Mozel, Philip. 1992. Missing 8" Fitz
Mullis, Christopher R. 1993. Historical Instruments of the Leander McCormick Observatory
Nankivell, G. R. 2002. The Cooke Photovisual Objective and the 22.9 cm Refractor at the Carter Observatory, New Zealand
Nordenmark, N. V. E., Johan Nordström, Roger C. Ceragioli, & Elisabeth Goodwin. 2016. The Invention of the Achromatic and Aplanatic Lens with Special Regard to the Role Played by Samuel Klingenstierna
Orchiston, Wayne. 1999. Cook, Banks and the Gregorian Telescope in the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa
Orchiston, Wayne. 2000. Illuminating incidents in Antipodean Astronomy: H.C. Russell and the origin of the Palomar-type mounting
Orchiston, Wayne. 2001. 'Sentinel of our Southern Heavens': The Windsor Observatory of John Tebbutt
Orchiston, Wayne. 2001. Stephen Carkeek and New Zealand's Oldest Surviving Observatory
Orchiston, Wayne. 2002. From Crossley to Carter: The Life and Times of an Historic Cooke Refractor
Osterbrock, Donald E. 2001. Don Hendrix, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories
Osterbrock, Donald E., & John W. Briggs. 1999. The First Alvan Clark & Sons Largest Refracting Telescope in the World
Parker, Richard S. 2011. Optical Evaluation of a 15.5-Inch Telescope Objective Mirror Made by Henry Draper
Phillips, Del. 1999. "Coppoc" English Telescope
Pike, Gary. 1993. The Lohmann Legacy: Turn of the Century Telescope Makers of the Heartland
Plicht, Christof. 1998. Joseph von Fraunhofer
Reynolds, Mike D. 2004. From the President
Reynolds, Mike D. 2006. From the President
Reynolds, Mike D. 2007. From the President
Rudd, Eugene. 1994. About John Newton
Rudd, Eugene. 1999. Three Unusual Telescopes with a Scottish Connection
Rudd, Eugene. 1999. A Reply to the Comments of Dr. Henry C. King regarding the paper by Rolf Willach on Achromatic Lenses
Rudd, Eugene. 1999. Eise Eisinga and his Amazing Planetarium
Rudd, M. Eugene, & Eric P. Rudd. 2003. A New Method of Measuring Chromatic Aberration in Lenses
Rudd, M. Eugene, & Eric P. Rudd. 2009. A Solution to the Problem of Measuring Non-demountable Doublet Lenses
Rudd, M. Eugene, Duane H. Jaecks, Rolf Willach, Richard Sorrenson, & Peter Abrahams. 2000. New Light on an Old Question: Who Invented the Achromatic Telescope?
Rudd, M. Eugene. 1993. The Long and the Short of It: Telescopes of the Seventeenth Century
Rudd, M. Eugene. 1996. Cater Rand's Patent of Military & Naval Telescope ~ of 1799 ~
Rudd, M. Eugene. 1998. The Dollond Family: Five Generations of Opticians
Rudd, M. Eugene. 1999. A Message from the President
Rudd, M. Eugene. 1999. ATS President's Message
Rudd, M. Eugene. 2002. Joseph Fraunhofer's First Paper
Schalck, Robert. 2010. The Optical History of the 8-inch Alvan Clark Telescope at the Chabot Science Center
Schechter, Dan. 2014. Perseverance and Happenstance … Historical Documents Lead to Clark Discovery
Seevers, James. 1995. 'Mogey' Returned to Pristine Condition
Shankland, Paul D., & Wayne Orchiston. 2004. Lost and Found: Saga of the Historic Clark Refractor at the U.S. Naval Academy
Sinnott, Roger W. 2020. Cumulative Index, Issues 1-40
Slaton, Jon. 1994. Restoring George N. Saegmuller Clock Drive
Slaton, Jon. 2012. Techniques for the Restoration of a Weight-driven Clock Drive for a Telescope or Drum Recorder
Sliski, Alan. 2020. A Message from the President
Sliski, Alan. 2021. A Message from the President
Smith, Horace A., & Roy E. Kilgard. 2021. Before It Went to Delphos: Leslie Peltier's 12-inch Telescope at Wesleyan University
Snedegar, Keith, & Dawid van Jaarsveldt. 2014. The Adventures of an Andrew Ross Telescope
Steve, Bob. 1994. Info Wanted on J. Lancaster & Son (UK) Telescope
Talbot, Stuart. 1997. Highlights of the 5th Annual ATS Convention
Tarrico, Marina Noriega. 1999. Old Brass Binoculars
Taylor, Tom. 1995. Info needed on JOS DANN, Cincinnati
Tremer, A. A. 1994. An Edmund Draper Telescope
Tubridy, Michael. 1998. The Re-construction of the 6-foot Rosse Telescope of Ireland
Tubridy, Michael. 2010. The Crawford Observatory, Cork, Ireland
Turner, A. J. 2009. Claude Paris and the Early History of the Reflecting Telescope in France
Turner, Steven. 1992. Spiders in the Crosshairs: Cobwebs, Instrument Makers, and the Search for the Perfect Line
Waff, Craig B. 2006. Early Clark I: Alvan Clark's Letters to Boston Newspaper Editors, 1847-1851
Waff, Craig B., & Robert B. Ariail. 2006. Table of Alvan Clark's Known Pre-Factory Refracting Telescopes
Walle, Leonard A. 2010. Early photograph of the 12-inch Clark refractor at Wesleyan University
Warner, Deborah Jean. 1993. Astronomical Highlights of the Collections in the National Museum of American History
Warner, Deborah Jean. 1994. An Edmund Draper Telescope
Willach, Rolf. 1997. The Early History of the Achromatic Telescope Objective
Willach, Rolf. 2001. James Short and the Development of the Reflecting Telescope
Willach, Rolf. 2004. The Heliometer: Instrument for Gauging Distances in Space
Willach, Rolf. 2007. List of Extant Reflecting Telescopes Made by James Short
Willard, Bert. 2007. The Porter Garden Telescope
Williams, Thomas R. 1997. John Edward Mellish and the Origins of the Amateur Telescope Making Movement in North America
Wingate, Bruce. 1992. Restoration of a 6" Clark Telescope
Wingate, Bruce. 1993. Abstracts of Other Talks Given at the Convention
Wingate, Bruce. 1993. Antique Telescope Society's Inaugural Meeting
Wingate, Bruce. 1994. Update on the Restoration of a 6" Clark Telescope
Young, Ed. 2002. Maclear and Bowler at the Cape Observatory
Young, Edward J. 1998. Foerster and Archenhold
Young, Edward J., & Enzo Brocato. 2000. Vincenzo Cerulli and the Collurania Observatory
Yund, Walter. 1994. Mount Wilson at Night - A Spectacular Experience
Yund, Walter. 1994. One Man's View of Yerkes - A Delight of a Night
Zeun, Ulrich. 2010. History of the Prism Monocular and its Special Use for Short-Sightedness
