CLARK, ALVAN G.
\klˈɑːk], \klˈɑːk], \k_l_ˈɑː_k]\
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Born in 1832, of Massachusetts, astronomer and optician, made the 36-inch refractor, the largest in the world, for the Lick Observatory and discovered the companion to Sirius. His firm has attained great fame in the manufacture of lenses for telescopes.
By John Franklin Jameson
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