William Radcliff Birt 1804 - 1881

occupation:
Astronomer, Meteorologist
Nationality:
British; English
born in:
Southwark, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Published work signed 'Birt, W.R.'

Related Objects

Refracting telescope of 4½-inch aperture and 5 ft focal length in wooden case with 2 eyepieces and adaptor tube, by Smith Beck & Beck, London, 1863. A Royal Society instrument used by William Radcliff Birt for lunar observations as part of a mapping project of the Moon organised by a committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Refracting telescope used by William Radcliff Birt for lunar observations

Model by W.R. Birt showing orbit of Donati's 1858 Comet