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Object NameLightweight Mirror Blank

Manufacturer Corning Inc.

Made FromGlass

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Corning

TechniqueCut, assembled

SizeOverall Diam: 38.2 cm, Th: 9.2 cm

Accession Number99.8.43

Credit LineGift of Corning Inc.

Curatorial Area(s)

Science and Technology

On ViewGlass Innovation Center. Optics Gallery.

Interpretive Notes

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One-of-a-kind fused silica mirror blank with radial struts.

Physical DescriptionLightweight Mirror Blank. Colorless fused silica glass; cut, assembled. "Egg carton" construction, circular disk, top and bottom, different thicknesses, sandwiching radiating arms; circular openings on edges.
Provenance

Source Corning Inc. - 1999

Former Collection Corning Glass Center

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