Subject: Re: WTB: Telescope
Date: Jul 25 13:22:14 1995
From: Tom Foote - footet at elwha.evergreen.edu




On Tue, 25 Jul 1995, Don Baccus wrote:

> >>I might add that I've used Burt's TSN-4 and Lanny's, and it's a really fine
> >>scope. The Flourite lens, while an expensive option, is really worth it
>
> Michael Price:
> >A Flourite lens in a Bakelite body is always gonna cost you a lot of bread,
> >Tom :-)

I tactfully ignored those terrible puns by Michael Price
but, I can see that I knead to take the dough I saved to
buy a scope and b read of it... sighhh-hhh
>
>
> Flourite is a process used to prevent breadwrong.
>
> It's FLUORITE for lenses.
>
> Actually, calcium fluorite. It's a crystal which
> needs to be grown - they make cylindrical slugs which are then
> sliced, ground and polished. Not to different that making wafers
> for semiconductors. Anyway, this is why fluorite elements are
> so expensive.
>
Okay...I'll behave...thanx for the info... :-)

Tom