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The Lawrence Lowell Telescope

THE LAWRENCE LOWELL 
TELESCOPE 

A GIFT TO THE OBSERVATORY FROM 
PRESIDENT A. LAWRENCE LOWELL 
THROUGH THIS INSTRUMENT THE NINTH 
PLANET PLUTO WAS FIRST FOUND IN 1930 

"IT MEANS A PLANET OUT THERE AS YET UNSEEN BY MAN, 
BUT CERTAIN TO BE DETECTED AND ADDED TO 
THE OTHERS." 
THE SOLAR SYSTEM 
PUBLISHED 1902 

PERCIVAL LOWELL

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