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A female figure among astronomical apparatus: representing astronomy. Stipple engraving, 1795, after C-N. Cochin the younger, 1773.
Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790.Date: 1 December 1795Reference: 25994i- Archives and manuscripts
M0009414: Astronomical telescope with equatorial mount
Date: 18 March 1946- Digital Images
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John Dolland, after B. Wilson's painting at Greenwich Observatory.
J.R. Smith- Archives and manuscripts
M0009420: Large refracting telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland
Date: 18 March 1946- Pictures
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Astronomy: a large refracting telescope. Engraving.
Reference: 46171i- Pictures
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A group of figures from antiquity are led into a garden by a woman with a telescope and a hand mirror. Etching.
Reference: 25917i- Books
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Some account of the discovery, made by the late Mr. John Dollond, F. R. S. which led to the grand improvement of refracting telescopes, in Order to Correct some Misrepresentations, in Foreign Publications, of that Discovery: with an attempt to account for the mistake in an experiment made by Sir Isaac Newton; on which Experiment, the Improvement of the Refracting Telescope Entirely Depended. By Peter Dollond, Member of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia.
Dollond, Peter, 1730-1820.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The economy of the eyes : precepts for the improvement and preservation of the sight. Plain rules which will enable all to judge exactly when, and what spectacles are best calculated for their eyes. Observations on opera glasses and theatres, and an account of the pancratic magnifier, for double stars, and day telescopes / By William Kitchiner.
Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827.Date: 1824- Pictures
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A barber's shop in which men demonstrate the sense of sight. Etching by W. Peeters after C. de Wael.
Wael, Cornelis de, 1592-1667.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 29969i- Digital Images
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The great equatorial telescope in the Dome at Greenwich.
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Astronomy: the Great Melbourne Telescope, in use outdoors. Colour lithograph after H. Grubb.
Grubb, Howard, Sir, 1844-1931.Reference: 46256i- Pictures
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Optics: a micrometer, for range-finding [?], with diagrams of its operation. Engraving by Barlow.
Reference: 47508i- Pictures
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Crimean War, Ukraine: patients convalescing on the beach at Castle Hospital, Balaklava. Wood engraving.
Reference: 21281i- Pictures
Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, in use outdoors. Lithograph by W. Eldridge, 183-.
Date: 1831Reference: 46259i- Pictures
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Astronomy: a large observatory telescope at Hartwell House, with an astronomer using a transit telescope. Engraving by James Basire.
Date: 1851Reference: 46233i- Archives and manuscripts
M0009416: Large portable refracting telescope
Date: 18 March 1946- Pictures
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Astronomy: a large reflecting telescope, and projection of the transit of Venus. Engraving.
Reference: 46164i- Books
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The economy of the eyes. --Part II. Of telescopes; : being the result of thirty years' experiments with fifty-one telescopes, of from one to nine inches in diameter, / in the possession of William Kitchiner, M.D. author of The cook's oracle; The housekeeper's ledger; The art of invigorating and prolonging life; The pleasure of making a will; Observations on singing, &c.; and editor of The loyal, national, and sea songs of England. To which are added, an abstract of the practical parts of Sir Wm. Herschel's writings on telescopes and double stars, &c.; some observations thereon, and original letters from eminent opticians.
Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827.Date: 1825- Pictures
Astronomy: the Craig telescope on Wandsworth Common. Wood engraving, 1852.
Date: 1852Reference: 46260i- Pictures
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Navigation: various navigational aids, including a quadrant and a sextant. Engraving by Barlow.
Reference: 46660i- Pictures
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Astronomy: two rococo allegorical compositions about the art and sciences, and on the stars. Engraving.
Reference: 46155i- Pictures
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Astronomy: a large aerial (tubeless) telescope, in use by an astronomer. Engraving, 1757, after Ph. de La Hire.
Date: [1757]Reference: 46253i- Pictures
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Astronomy: several telescopes and tripods. Engraving.
Reference: 46252i- Archives and manuscripts
M0009422: Craig telescope on Wandsworth Common
Date: 18 March 1946- Pictures
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Measurement: a scholar making observations of a pendulum, with two servants, one writing at a table. Engraving by J. Basire, 1822, after J. Goldingham, 1821.
Goldingham, John.Date: 1822Reference: 45498i