Investor's Business Daily, the national business
newspaper published in Los Angeles, printed a
biography of prominent 19th century astronomer and
lens-maker John A. Brashear, near the top of page A3
of their Wednesday edition, by their Technology
Reporter, Donna Howell.

Affectionately known as "Uncle John" to residents of
Pittsburgh, Mr. Brashear, with little money and
limited education, became the premiere producer of
telescopes and precise scientific instruments in the
latter part of the 19th century and the beginning of
the 20th century, and the confidant of major
industrialists of the time including Andrew Carnegie
and Henry Clay Frick.

There is one mistake in the article, when it is said
that John Brashear became Chancellor of a school that
became the University of Pennsylvania. He actually
became Chancellor of the Western University of
Pennsylvania, which became the University of
Pittsburgh.

Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh
and Allegheny Observatory Director George Gatewood
were interviewed and quoted for this article, which
can be read at the following link:

<
http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=21&issue=20061017 >

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh
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NEWS - Astronomy, Space, Science:
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Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.planetarium.cc > 
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago: 
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear: 
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com > 
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.incline.cc >

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