Photograph showing a model of the 27 in-refracting telelescope being built for the Imperial Observatory

Made:: 1876 in Chatham and Kent

Photograph showing a model of the 27 in-refracting telelescope being built for the Imperial Observatory, Vienna by Howard Grubb of Dublin, Ireland. The model was displayed by Howard Grubb and Sons in the 1876 exhibition of scientific instrument at the South Kensington Museums.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1876-1011

Materials:: paper, card and complete

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

credit:: School of Military Engineering (Chatham)

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