Don Hendrix
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Don Osgood Hendrix (1905-1961) was an American optician.
In 1932, with only a High School education, Don Hendrix began making Schmidt-camera optics at the Mount Wilson Observatory, where by 1942 he would become the master optician. He was responsible for finishing and polishing the Palomar Observatory's 200-inch primary and the 120-inch primary at Lick Observatory, among many other contributions.
In 1958 he became a member of the board of directors of Davidson Optronics, Inc. He developed a modified Twyman-Green interferometer (called the Hendrix Interferometer).
Hendrix crater on the Moon was named after him.
[edit] References
- Anonymous (December 2004). Davidson Optronics, Inc. (PDF). Images newsletter, volume 11, issue 3. Optical Society of Southern California. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
- Osterbrock, Donald E. (2003). "Don Hendrix, master Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories optician". Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 6 (1): 1-12.
- Pendergrast, Mark (July 1, 2003). Mirror Mirror: A History of the Human Love Affair with Reflection. Basic Books. ISBN 0465054714.
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