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.

Details

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)