Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Company

industry:
Gunsight maker, Optical instrument maker, Rangefinder maker, Telescope maker
Nationality:
British

Traded at Walkergate Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1925-1985). Telescope making business wound up by parent company in 1988

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Objective lens (4-inch) of around 30 feet focal length with wooden case and marked
Two enlarged photographs showing the David Dunlap 74-inch Reflecting Telescope built for the Toronto University Observatory at Richmond Hill by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons & Company at its optical works at Newcastle-on Tyne, England.

Photographs showing the David Dunlap 74-inch Reflecting Telescope
Two photograph mounted together of an 18inch Coelostat, made for the Canberra Observatory, New South Wales by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons & Company at their optical works in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

Two photograph mounted together of an 18inch Coelostat
One of five Bromide enlargements showing construction of 41 inch equatorial refractor for Nikolaieff observatory, South Russia.

One of five Bromide enlargements showing construction of 41 inch equatorial refractor for Nikolaieff observatory
One of two enlarged photographs showing the David Dunlap 74-inch Reflecting Telescope for the Toronto University Observatory at Richmond Hill. View from N.W. side of Polar axis.

Enlarged photograph showing David Dunlap 74-inch Reflecting Telescope
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.

Photographic enlargement showing the construction of the 26-inch equatorial refracter for Johannesburg Observatory
Six Bromide enlargements showing the construction of the 26-inch equatorial refracter for Johannesburg Observatory, prepared from negatives lent by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co.

Bromide enlargements showing construction of equatorial refractor for Johannesburg observatory
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.

Photographic enlargement showing the construction of the 26-inch equatorial refracter for Johannesburg Observatory
Five Bromide enlargements showing construction of 41 inch equatorial refractor for Nikolaieff observatory, South Russia, prepared from negatives lent by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co.

Bromide enlargements showing construction of equatorial refractor for Nikolaieff observatory
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.

Photographic enlargement showing the construction of the 26-inch equatorial refracter for Johannesburg Observatory
One of five Bromide enlargements showing construction of 41 inch equatorial refractor for Nikolaieff observatory, South Russia.

One of five Bromide enlargements showing construction of 41 inch equatorial refractor for Nikolaieff observatory

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