Boller and Chivens
American telescope manufacturer
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Boller and Chivens was an American manufacturer of high-quality telescopes and spectrographs headquartered in South Pasadena, California.
Clyde C. Chivens
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| Industry | Astronomical telescopes, cameras and other precision instruments |
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| Founded | c. 1946 |
| Founder | Harry B. Boller and Clyde C. Chivens |
| Headquarters | South Pasadena, California, United States |
| Website | bollerandchivens.com (archival site) |
History
Founded about 1946 by Harry Berthold Boller (1915-1997) and Clyde Cuthbertson Chivens (1915-2008).[1] the company was acquired in 1965 by Perkin-Elmer.[2]
In the 1950s, Boller and Chivens collaborated with Perkin-Elmer to develop and manufacture the large-aperture Baker-Nunn satellite tracking camera for the United States Vanguard space satellite program.[3]
In culture
A 41-cm (16-inch) Boller and Chivens Cassegrain reflector originally housed at the Harvard-Smithsonian Oak Ridge Observatory in Massachusetts is available for public use at the National Air and Space Museum's Public Observatory Project on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.[4]