[23] Communication from Thiel College, Preston, p. 131, n. 17.
[24] Popular Astronomy, July 1898, vol. 6, p. 310.
[25] Preston, p. 129, notes 2 & 3. Based on recollections of George Lambert (1895) and John Morrison (1903). That the decision to make the mirror 62 inches in diameter may have had another origin is suggested by the fact that Common, in England, had made two mirrors of 60 and 61 inches in 1886-91.
[26] Minutes of the Erie Conference, 1893, p. 29. Preston, p. 130, n. 4.
[27] Preston has reconstructed the story of the making of the 62-inch mirror from contemporary journals, which will be cited below, and from personal communications with some of the participants, notably George Howard and George Lambert. Detailed citation of these communications are given in Preston. He has also used a brief manuscript account by Peate himself (Preston, p. 142, n. 62).
[28] Communication with Frank A’Hearn and John Hodge. Preston, p. 135.
[29] Peate’s workshop and apparatus is described in detail by Preston, pp. 135-138.
[30] Preston, p. 139.
[31] Advance Argus, Greenville, Pa., May 9, 1895. Preston, p. 139.
[32] Clipping of uncertain date from the Pittsburgh Leader, quoting the National Glass Budget. Preston, p. 139 and n. 55.