Making and Enjoying Telescopes: 6 Complete Projects and a Stargazer's Guide

by IanWilson (Author), RobertMiller (Author)

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  Paperback
  1998

  $3.50

  . ..follows a logical path through topics of safety, construction, sky coordinates, and, finally, design....Plans for each telescope are illustrated with both line drawings and photographs...procedures are laid out in an easy-to-follow technique...includes a rich gallery of illustrated telescopes that amateurs have built...a welcome addition as a source of ideas...well-written and well-illustrated book. The projects it presents are well within the skill level of a youngster...an asset to any school or public library. -- Science Books & Films. 160 pages, 40 color illus., 75 b/w illus., 8 1/2 x 10.