1. Story of the Telescope
2. Materials and Equipment
3. Mirror Grinding
4. The Pitch Lap
5. Polishing-Testing-Correcting
6. The Paraboloid
7. The Diagonal
8. Tube Parts-Alignment-The Finder
9. Eyepieces and Related Problems
10. The Mounting
11. Aluminizing and Cleaning
12. Setting Circles-Equatorial Adjustment
13. Optical Principles-Atmosphere-Magnitudes
14. A Second Telescope
Appendixes. Index.

Complete and detailed instructions, numerous diagrams. No complicated mathematics, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy needed to follow text's step-by-step directions. 1973 edition. 6 plates. 100 figures.