Telescope drive clock with electro-mechanical controls and seconds pendulum from Sir Howard Grubb

Made:
1889 in Dublin
maker:
Howard Grubb

Telescope drive clock with electro-mechanical controls and seconds pendulum from Sir Howard Grubb, Dublin . Purchased [£25-00] by Sir Norman Lockyer as drive for the 36-inch reflecting telescope [1913-657] at the Solar Physics Observatory, South Kensington.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1889-42
Materials:
steel, brass, wood, glass and complete
type:
components and telescope drives (electro-mechanical)