Enlarged photograph showing the Johnston Yapp 36-inch Reflecting Telescope being built by Sir Howard Grubb

Made:: 1933 in England and Newcastle upon Tyne

maker:: Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Company Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Company

Enlarged photograph showing the Johnston Yapp 36-inch Reflecting Telescope being built by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons & Company for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich at its optical works at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1933-629

Materials:: paper, card and complete

Measurements:: overall (estimate): 2 x 290 x 375 mm

type:: photograph and telescope - reflecting

credit:: Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co.

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