[27] Preston has reconstructed the story of the making of the 62-inch mirror from contemporary journals, which will be cited below, and from personal communications with some of the participants, notably George Howard and George Lambert. Detailed citation of these communications are given in Preston. He has also used a brief manuscript account by Peate himself (Preston, p. 142, n. 62). [28] Communication with Frank A’Hearn and John Hodge. Preston, p. 135. [29] Peate’s workshop and apparatus is described in detail by Preston, pp. 135-138. [30] Preston, p. 139. [31] _Advance Argus_, Greenville, Pa., May 9, 1895. Preston, p. 139. [32] Clipping of uncertain date from the _Pittsburgh Leader_, quoting the _National Glass Budget_. Preston, p. 139 and n. 55. [33] Preston, p. 140. [34] Preston, p. 139. [35] Preston, p. 140. [36] Preston, p. 142. [37] The Brashear Instrument Company, after the death of its founder John Brashear, became the J. W. Fecker Company, Inc. This concern is now a division of the American Optical Company. [38] Preston, pp. 142-143. [39] The mirror is no longer silvered. The silver surface was apparently removed during the inspection by the Bureau of Standards in the 1920’s. [40] Preston, p. 144. Various notices were published in the _American University Courier_ in 1898. [41] Preston, pp. 145-146. [42] Preston, p. 146. Appendix REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE _Report on Amasa Holcomb’s Reflecting Telescope._ [From _Journal of the Franklin Institute_, July 1834, new ser. vol. 14 (whole no. 18), pp. 169-172.] The Committee on Science and the Arts, constituted by the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the promotion of the Mechanic Arts, to whom was referred for examination a Reflecting Telescope, manufactured by Mr. Amasa Holcomb, of Southwick, Hampden county, Massachusetts, REPORT:— That the following is the description of the instrument as given by Mr. Holcomb.