Photograph showing a model of Melbourne reflecting telescope

Made:: 1876 in Chatham, England and Kent

Photograph showing a model of the 48-inch Melbourne reflecting telescope built by Howard Grubb and Sons Limited in 1868. 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:: 1876-1012

Materials:: paper, card and complete

type:: photograph and telescope - reflecting

credit:: School of Military Engineering (Chatham)

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