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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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Astronomy: a large portable refracting telescope. Engraving.
Reference: 46254i
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Practical observations on telescopes.
Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827.Date: 1815
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M0009421: Hartwell Manor Transit Room
Date: 18 March 1946Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/82/88
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold a prism, a telescope, a rod refracted in water, and a camera obscura; representing optics. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1820, after A.D. Macquin.
M'Quin, A. D. (Ange Denis), 1756-1823.Date: January 1820Reference: 25681i
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The telescope and microscope / by Thomas Dick.
Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857.Date: [1851?]
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Astronomy: a young astronomer in his study, talking with his sister, who holds a book in her lap. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
Wale, Samuel, -1786.Reference: 46326i
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Greenwich, with people in the foreground, London in the distance. Photo-lithograph by Dawsons after H. Dawson.
Dawson, Henry, 1811-1878.Reference: 26592i
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M0009423: The great equatorial telescope for Melbourne
Date: 18 March 1946Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/82/90
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Astronomy: a large refracting telescope constructed by Howard Grubb at Rathmines, Dublin. Wood engraving by W.J. Mosses, 1881, after F.W. after G. Browning.
Browning, G., active 1881Date: 1881Reference: 46261i
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Astronomy: a large refracting telescope. Engraving.
Reference: 46169i
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Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, with his mistress, both represented as chickens. Etching, 1791.
Date: 1791Reference: 15982i
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M0009418: Herschel's 40 foot telescope
Date: 18 March 1946Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/82/85
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Descriptive catalogue of telescopes in the Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis der Natuurwetenschappen : (National Museum of the History of Science, Leiden (Netherlands)) / [E Engberts].
Engberts, E.Date: 1970
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Special offers in eyewear / Optical Department, Gamages.
Gamages Ltd. Optical Department.Date: [1930?]
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Scientific instruments and attributes of philosophy: gyroscopes, telescope, pestle and mortar, cosmological manuals, natural history specimens etc.. Lithograph by J-B-J. Jorand, 1835.
Jorand, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph, 1788-1850.Date: 1835Reference: 25985i
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The Royal Observatory, Paris: the terrace on the garden side, with men experimenting with astronomical and other scientific instruments. Etching, early eighteenth century.
Reference: 21882i
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The invention of the telescope / Albert Van Helden.
Van Helden, Albert.Date: 1977
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Astronomy: a British and Egyptian party taking astronomical and photographic equipment through rocky terrain in Egypt in order to observe the transit of Venus. Wood engraving, 1874.
Date: 1874Reference: 46234i
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M0009411: Astronomical telescope with equatorial mount
Date: 18 March 1946Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/82/78
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An admiral stands proudly wearing his uniform with a telescope under his arm on the deck of a ship? Lithograph, ca. 1946.
Date: (1946)Reference: 590686i

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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.

Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].

M0009426: The great equatorial telescope in the Dome at the Greenwich Observatory

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.

A man is looking out of the window through a telescope as young children play on a rocking horse. Etching.

Astronomy: a large portable refracting telescope. Engraving.

Practical observations on telescopes.

M0009421: Hartwell Manor Transit Room

An eye in a star, the spokes of which divide the spectrum of colours; putti hold a prism, a telescope, a rod refracted in water, and a camera obscura; representing optics. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1820, after A.D. Macquin.

The telescope and microscope / by Thomas Dick.

Astronomy: a young astronomer in his study, talking with his sister, who holds a book in her lap. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.

Greenwich, with people in the foreground, London in the distance. Photo-lithograph by Dawsons after H. Dawson.

M0009423: The great equatorial telescope for Melbourne

Astronomy: a large refracting telescope constructed by Howard Grubb at Rathmines, Dublin. Wood engraving by W.J. Mosses, 1881, after F.W. after G. Browning.

Astronomy: a large refracting telescope. Engraving.

Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, with his mistress, both represented as chickens. Etching, 1791.

M0009418: Herschel's 40 foot telescope

Descriptive catalogue of telescopes in the Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis der Natuurwetenschappen : (National Museum of the History of Science, Leiden (Netherlands)) / [E Engberts].

Special offers in eyewear / Optical Department, Gamages.

Scientific instruments and attributes of philosophy: gyroscopes, telescope, pestle and mortar, cosmological manuals, natural history specimens etc.. Lithograph by J-B-J. Jorand, 1835.

The Royal Observatory, Paris: the terrace on the garden side, with men experimenting with astronomical and other scientific instruments. Etching, early eighteenth century.

The invention of the telescope / Albert Van Helden.

Astronomy: a British and Egyptian party taking astronomical and photographic equipment through rocky terrain in Egypt in order to observe the transit of Venus. Wood engraving, 1874.

M0009411: Astronomical telescope with equatorial mount

An admiral stands proudly wearing his uniform with a telescope under his arm on the deck of a ship? Lithograph, ca. 1946.