In conclusion, the committee beg leave to recom- 

 mend Mr. Holcomb to the Board of Managers of the 

 Franklin Institute, as a candidate for a premium and 

 medal from the Scott's legacy fund, for his new mode 

 of mounting reflecting telescopes. 

 By order of the committee. 



WiLLi.4M Hamilton, Actuary. 

 May 14th, 1835. 



Relics of Holcomb, Fitz, and Peate 

 IN THE Smithsonian Institution 



(United States National Museum catalog number 

 shown at right) 



Amasa Holcomb 



(All items from Mrs. Grace E. Holcomb Steere and 

 Mrs. Eva C. Holcomb Storey) 



. Undated and unsigned original autobio- 

 graphical sketch, ink on notepaper (as 

 published here, p. i6o) 



. Manuscript notebook on meteorological 310600 

 and astronomical matters, covering the 

 period 1834-41. 



. Herschelean reflecting telescope, 8)2-inch 310598 

 aperture, g feet 4 inches long. This is the 

 telescope made by Holcomb and shown at 

 the Franklin Institute in 1835. 



310599 



from Mrs. 

 A. Fitz) 



317027 



4. Refracting telescope, i }2-inch aperture, 

 21 inches long, on 14-inch axis for use as a 

 transit telescope, without support. 



Henry Fitz, Jr. 



(Item I from Mr. L. C. Eichner, items 2-4 

 Julia Fitz Howell, item 5 from Mr. Arthur V. 



1 . Refracting telescope, comet seeker. Sc- 

 inch aperture, 61 -inch wooden tube, fitted 

 for equatorial mounting, but without mount. 



2. Machines, tools, and partially completed 

 instruments from the shop of Henry Fitz, 

 of which the major pieces are: 



Lens grinding machine 

 Lens polishing machine 

 Lens edging and testing machine 



3. Manuscript notebook of Fitz accounts from 

 1 85 1 to 1855. 



4. Manuscript "Catalogue of Objectives made 

 by Henry Fitz." 



5. Refracting telescope, 5-section draw, marked 

 "Ta. Long, Royal Exchange, London," 

 2}8-inch objective, 42)2 inches long, open. 

 Purchased in London by Fitz in 1839. The 

 present objective was made by Fitz. 



John Peate 

 (From The American University) 



I. Mirror, glass, unsilvered, 62-inch diameter, 310899 

 about 6 inches thick. 



3'5i52 

 315153 

 315151 

 317026 (2) 



317026 (2) 



316706 



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