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The Monster Telescopes, Erected by the Earl of Rosse, Parsonstown :

(Number (ISBN

9780511709098 (ebook)

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b504262

Title Proper

The Monster Telescopes, Erected by the Earl of Rosse, Parsonstown :

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[Book]

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With an Account of the Manufacture of the Specula, and Full Descriptions of All the Machinery Connected with These Instruments /

First Statement of Responsibility

Thomas Woods.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

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Place of publication not identified :

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Cambridge University Press.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

publisher not identified,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1844.

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1 online resource (162 pages) :

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digital, PDF file(s)

Series Title

Cambridge library collection. Astronomy.

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Text of Note

William Parsons (1800-67), third earl of Rosse, was responsible for building the largest telescope of his time, nicknamed the 'Leviathan'. It enabled the earl to describe the spiral structure of galaxies. This volume reissues two contemporary accounts of the telescope. The first, published anonymously in 1844 and later revealed to be by Thomas Woods, provides a comprehensive description of the workings of both the 'Leviathan' and the smaller telescope which preceded it, with detailed accounts of the construction of both telescopes. The second, by another anonymous author, first appeared in the Dublin Review in March 1845, and outlines the history and problems of telescope manufacture from Galileo onwards. Together with a short account from 1842 of the Armagh observatory by its director, these works situate the telescopes, and the difficulties the earl faced during the eighteen years he took to build the 'Leviathan', in their wider context.

Woods, Thomas

Date of Transaction

20151005020621.0

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[Book]

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