Instructions entitled 'Adjustment of the mirrors of the 10 feet telescope
- Made:
- 1815
- part of archive:
- Documents relating to a reflecting telescope
- maker:
- Unknown
A set of instructions entitled 'Adjustment of the Mirrors of the 10 feet Telescope' relating to a Newtonian reflecting telescope. It is made up of 4 pages of instructions with diagrams relating to method required to adjust the mirrors in the telescope. This is a copy of a document sent to Dr Abraham Robertson by William Herschel, the manufacturer of the telescope, on 8th April 1813, but it is not know who copied it.
Details
- Extent:
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1 item
- Identifier:
- MS/1954/02
- Access:
- Open Access
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