Word: bergedorf
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Inventor of the camera, the late Bernhard Schmidt of Germany's Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory first described the device in 1931, but with uncooperative vagueness unusual in a scientist. U.S. astronomers-mostly amateurs-grasped Schmidt's hints, figured out how his lens, reflector and film must have been designed and assembled. When they had cleared up details in several experimental models, major U.S. observatories began building larger Schmidts. The biggest (24-36 inch) was dedicated last fortnight at Cleveland's Warner & Swasey Observatory, and others are nearing completion this week at Harvard, Mt. Palomar, Tonantzintla, Mexico...
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