Best of Amateur Telescope Making, Vol. 1 (Issues 1 through 11)

Edited by William J. CookProduct Information: 462 pages, 408 illustrations (ATMJ's issues 1 through 11). Over a period spanning nearly 10 years Amateur Telescope Making Journal published articles of interest to the telescope maker. The Best of Amateur Telescope Making presents 150 the best of these articles, fully edited and where appropriate corrected by the original authors, in two volumes totaling nearly 900 pages with 692 illustrations. These are ""How to Books"" that cover a wide range of subjects of interest to people who design, build and use telescopes for astronomy. A sampling of the subjects are as follows:Unobstructed Reflecting Telescopes17.5-Inch BinocularA Schupmann Medial TelescopeA Wood and Aluminum Split-Ring TelescopeIndustrial Fabrication of Small LensesSub-Aperture Maksutov CorrectorsThe Stevick-Paul Off-Axis Reflecting TelescopeA New Equatorial Platform DesignThe Eye and the Use of Telescope OpticsImprove Your TelradThe Krupa CollimatorTelescopes For CCD ImagingThe