Photographic enlargement showing the construction of the 26-inch equatorial refracter for Johannesburg Observatory

PART OF:: Bromide enlargements showing construction of equatorial refractor for Johannesburg observatory

Made:: 1928 in Newcastle upon Tyne and England

photographer:: Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Company

One of six photographic enlargements showing the construction of the 26-inch equatorial refracter for Johannesburg Observatory, prepared from negatives lent by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1928-765/3

Materials:: paper

type:: black-and-white prints (photographs), astronomical instruments and refracting telescopes

credit:: Science Museum (Great Britain)

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Photographic enlargement showing the construction of the 26-inch equatorial refracter for Johannesburg Observatory

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