Contributions from 

 The Museum of History and Technology: 



Paper 26 



HOLCOMB, FiTZ, AND PeATE: 



Three 19th-century American Telescope Makers 



introduction — Robert P. Mtdthauf 156 



I. amasa holcomb — Autobiographical Sketch 160 



II. HENRY TITZ—Jidia Fit^ Hoivell 164 



III. JOHN PEATE— -F. W. Preston and William J. McGrath, Jr. 171 



