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  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope. Engraving.
  • The great equatorial telescope for Melbourned.
  • Astronomy: a large observatory telescope at Hartwell House, with an astronomer using a transit telescope. Engraving by James Basire.
  • Astronomy: a large portable refracting telescope. Engraving.
  • Preparation for the shell or telescope crown
  • The great equatorial telescope in the Dome at Greenwich.
  • Astronomy: a large telescope, at Greenwich Observatory. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, at Birr Castle, Ireland. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: the Craig telescope on Wandsworth Common. Wood engraving, 1852.
  • Astronomy: the Craig telescope on Wandsworth Common. Wood engraving, 1852.
  • The great refracting telescope constructed at Dublin for the Vienna Observatory.
  • Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) holding a telescope. Oil painting after Justus Sustermans.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, in a specially constructed observatory. Wood engraving, 1881.
  • Astronomy: a large reflecting telescope, and projection of the transit of Venus. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, in use outdoors. Lithograph by W. Eldridge, 183-.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, in use outdoors. Lithograph by W. Eldridge, 183-.
  • Astronomy: a large telescope with a protractor pivot, on a tripod base. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: Galileo with his telescope in the Piazza San Marco, Venice. Wood engraving.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, and projection of the transit of Venus. Wood engraving.
  • Astronomy: a 40-foot telescope constructed by William Herschel, in use outdoors. Coloured etching, 18--.
  • Astronomy: an observatory telescope, with an astronomer recording the transit of Venus. Engraving by James Basire.
  • Two winged boys in a lunette with telescope, dividers and a globe; representing Geography (?). Etching.
  • Astronomy: a large aerial (tubeless) telescope, in use by an astronomer. Engraving, 1757, after Ph. de La Hire.
  • Astronomy: the astronomer Sidrophel, using a telescope, misidentifies a kite as a comet. Etching by W. Hogarth, ca. 1721.
  • A man is looking out of the window through a telescope as young children play on a rocking horse. Etching.
  • Astronomy: the Great Melbourne Telescope, in use outdoors. Colour lithograph after H. Grubb.
  • Astronomy: an ancient scholar (Aristotle?) observing a meteor or comet using a telescope. Engraving by J. Kip, 1694, after G. Freman.
  • Astronomy: an astronomer in his study, looking out of the window with a telescope. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.