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Astronomy Articles from Vintage Magazines

While reading through my rather vast collection of vintage electronics magazines, occasionally I run across an article the pertains to astronomy. I try to remember to mark it and then scan and post it here. These are the ones I have thus far:

Boys' Life
- How the New 200 Inch Telescope Works, April 1938
- Reaching for the Moon, April 1938
Popular Electronics
- An Experiment with Gravity, January 1970
- Eavesdropping on Satellites, February 1963
- Hi-Fi at the Planetarium, January 1955
Electronics World
- Radio Measurements in Space, May 1967
- Weather Surveillance by Satellite, March 1967

Posted September 15, 2014

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