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2 unusual facts about Samuel Oschin


Samuel Oschin

He was a noted adventure traveller, retracing Robert Peary's voyage to the North Pole, paddling up the Amazon in a dugout canoe, and crossing the Alps on an elephant following the model of Hannibal.

Samuel Oschin telescope

It was named the Samuel Oschin telescope in 1986, before that it was just called the 48 inch Schmidt.



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