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    Alvan Graham Clark (July 10, 1832 – June 9, 1897) was an American astronomer and telescope-maker. Alvan Graham Clark was born in Fall River, Massachusetts...
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    42°21′19″N 71°06′33″W / 42.35528°N 71.10927°W / 42.35528; -71.10927 Alvan Clark & Sons was an American maker of optics that became famous for crafting...
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    Alvan Clark (March 8, 1804 – August 19, 1887), born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, was an American astronomer and telescope maker. He started as a portrait...
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    named for American astronomer and telescope maker Alvan Clark and his son Alvan Graham Clark. Clark has a narrow inner wall, and thus a wide interior...
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    as the basis for the Double-Gauss lens first proposed in 1888 by Alvan Graham Clark, which is a four-element, four-group compound lens that uses a symmetric...
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    a large focal plane. The earliest double Gauss lens, patented by Alvan Graham Clark in 1888, consists of two symmetrically-arranged Gauss lenses. Each...
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    In 1844 Friedrich Bessel deduced that Sirius was a binary. In 1862 Alvan Graham Clark discovered the companion (Sirius B; the visible star is Sirius A)...
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    computed an orbit for it in 1851. It was not until 31 January 1862 that Alvan Graham Clark observed a previously unseen star close to Sirius, later identified...
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    companion. On 31 January 1862, American telescope-maker and astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first observed the faint companion, which is now called Sirius B,...
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    positional measurement, and eventually led to the discovery of Sirius B by Alvan Graham Clark in 1862, the first discovery of a white dwarf. John Martin Schaeberle...
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    discoveries in astronomy have occurred. Bruce turned to telescope maker Alvan Graham Clark to see how she could support research in astronomy. Bruce made over...
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  • ironclad warship, USS Monitor, is launched in Brooklyn. January 31 – Alvan Graham Clark makes the first observation of Sirius B, a white dwarf star, through...
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  • Astrographic Catalogue A.C. — Alvan Clark (double stars) Ac / Ack — Agnès Acker (planetary nebulae) A.G.C. — Alvan Graham Clark (double stars) AGC — Arecibo...
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    Paris, France by Mantois and delivered to Alvan Clark & Sons in Massachusetts where they were completed. Clark then made what would be the largest telescope...
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  • Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders. 1862 – Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through...
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    1919) July 6 – Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867) July 10 – Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer and telescope-maker (d. 1897) July 11 – Charilaos...
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  • Johannes Kepler's supernova, SN 1604, in Serpens is observed. 1862 – Alvan Graham Clark observes Sirius B. 1866 – William Huggins studies the spectrum of...
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  • 1908) 1830 – Camille Pissarro, Danish-French painter (d. 1903) 1832 – Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer (d. 1897) 1835 – Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist...
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  • technology involved some significant events, listed below. January 31 – Alvan Graham Clark makes the first observation of Sirius B, a white dwarf star, through...
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    Wray. On January 31, 1862, American telescope-maker and astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first observed the faint companion, which is now called Sirius B,...
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  • (1713–1765) WGPSN Clark 38°40′S 119°21′E / 38.67°S 119.35°E / -38.67; 119.35 (Clark) 52.11 1970 Alvan Clark (1804–1887) and Alvan Graham Clark (1832–1897)...
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    Smutko. On January 31, 1862, American telescope-maker and astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first observed the faint companion, which is now called Sirius B,...
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  • France Henri Chrétien 1879–1956 France Alvan Clark 1804–1887 US Alvan Graham Clark 1832–1897 US George Bassett Clark 1827–1891 US Thomas Cooke 1807–1868...
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  • warship, USS Monitor, is launched at Greenpoint, Brooklyn. January 31 – Alvan Graham Clark makes the first observation of Sirius B, a white dwarf star, through...
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    1889, issued May 1890 Alvan Clark & Sons, instrument makers Phonograph Photophone Volta Laboratory and Bureau, Alexander Graham Bell's research laboratory...
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  • Representative from Texas 2001–present. Cousin of Charles Allen Culberson. Alvan Cullom (1797–1877), Tennessee State Representative 1835–36, U.S. Representative...
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  • needed] John Neal was appointed manager of Wrexham in 1968, succeeding Alvan Williams who had brought Neal to the club as his assistant.[citation needed]...
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    Archived from the original on March 16, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021. Graham, David A.; Murphy, Cullen (December 2018). "The Clinton Impeachment, As...
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    University (Astrophysics)); astrophysicist; mem. Spanish Academy of Engineering Alvan Wentworth Chapman 1830, botanist and physician, wrote the first comprehensive...
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    Devers would relieve Clark every time both met. Marshall insisted that Anvil required an experienced commander, and with Patton gone, Clark was the only one...
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