[33] Preston, p. 140.
[34] Preston, p. 139.
[35] Preston, p. 140.
[36] Preston, p. 142.
[37] The Brashear Instrument Company, after the death of its founder John Brashear, became the J. W. Fecker Company, Inc. This concern is now a division of the American Optical Company.
[38] Preston, pp. 142-143.
[39] The mirror is no longer silvered. The silver surface was apparently removed during the inspection by the Bureau of Standards in the 1920’s.
[40] Preston, p. 144. Various notices were published in the American University Courier in 1898.
[41] Preston, pp. 145-146.
[42] Preston, p. 146.