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$Astronomy: a large refracting telescope. Engraving.$

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Francis Bacon and William Brouncker flanking a bust of King Charles II set on a pedestal, surrounded by symbols of scientific learning representing the Royal Society. Etching by W. Hollar, 1667, after J. Evelyn.
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.Date: 1667Reference: 543626i
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Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].
Reference: 46327i
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M0009426: The great equatorial telescope in the Dome at the Greenwich Observatory
Date: 18 March 1946Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/82/93
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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De vero telescopii inventore, cum brevi omnium conspiciliorum historia. Ubi de eorum confectione, ac usu, seu de effectibus agitur, novaque quaedam circa ea proponuntur. Accessit etiam centuria observationum microcospicarum / Authore Petro Borello.
Borel, Pierre, 1620?-1671.Date: 1655 [1656]
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A man is looking out of the window through a telescope as young children play on a rocking horse. Etching.
Reference: 36107i

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