Stereograph - Erection of the Great Melbourne Telescope at Melbourne Observatory, 1869

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Summary:: Stereograph of the Great Melbourne Telescope being erected at the Melbourne Observatory, 1869.
Description:: Black and white stereograph [unmounted]
Description Of Content:: The Great Melbourne Telescope being erected at the Melbourne Observatory, 1869. Photograph shows the Great Melbourne Telescope House nearing completion. The telescope, which has a fabric covering over it, is at the opening of the roll-off roof. Workmen, probably plasterers rendering the walls to the building, are on scaffolding at one end of the telescope house. There is a timber picket fence in the foreground.

Discipline:

Technology

Tagged with:	astronomy, observatories, telescopes
Themes this item is part of:	Great Melbourne Telescope, Buildings at Melbourne Observatory, Melbourne Observatory, 1863-1944, Science & Measurement Collection, Positional Astronomy at Melbourne Observatory, Weights & Measures at Melbourne Observatory, Melbourne Observatory & Standard Time in Victoria, Astrographic Catalogue, Transits of Venus, 1874 & 1882, Star Observations & Personal Equation, Meteorology at Melbourne Observatory, 1863-1908, Geodetic Survey of Victoria, 1858-1872, Melbourne Observatory Collection
Primary Classification:	ASTRONOMY
Secondary Classification:	Research
Tertiary Classification:	telescopes
Format:	Stereograph: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted:	Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 1869