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Gears on table at Warner & Swasey shop, Cleveland
A picture of the right ascension gear of the telescope. This gear drives the telescope around the axis of the telescope pointing north.
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Gravity Drive at Warner & Swasey shop, Cleveland
A picture of the original clock drive for the telescope. At the time the telescope built, the best way to move the telescope to accurately track the stars, was to drive the telescope by a mechanism that was powered by a falling weight. Very smooth!…
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