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National Geographic : 1936 Mar
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LICK OBSERVATORY ON MOUNT HAMILTON, NEAR SAN JOSE, IS ALSO A TOMB AND AMONUMENT This astronomical observatory, the first on the Pacific coast, was the $700,000 gift of pioneer James Lick, whose tomb isinasupporting pillar ofthe 36-inch reflector. Built for the University of California to be "superior to and more powerful than any yet made," this telescope, though dwarfed bylater giants, has for -"ar been of important use to many scientists.
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