Astronomy: the Great Melbourne Telescope, in use outdoors. Colour lithograph after H. Grubb.

  • Grubb, Howard, Sir, 1844-1931.
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46256i
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The Great Melbourne Telescope, designed and built by Thomas Grubb in Dublin, installed in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1869, subsequently reinstalled at Mount Stromlo observatory, Canberra, and partly destroyed in a firestorm in 2003

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 10.5 x 12.1 cm

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The great southern telescope. Howard Grubb photo.

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Wellcome Collection 46256i

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