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26th National Convention of American Atheists
On Sunday afternoon, about fifty conventioneers took a field trip to Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton just south of San Jose. James Lick, an Atheist, funded construction of the observatory and the original 36-inch refracting telescope. That telescope is still in use, and the observatory now has eight telescopes in service, including a 120-inch reflector.














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