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- A Place & Date Depicted Adelaide, Australia
- B Maker of Item Depicted York, United Kingdom
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Photograph - 8-inch Refracting Telescope, Thomas Cooke & Sons, Adelaide Observatory, South Australia, circa 1880s
Reg. No: MM 040181
- Summary:
- The 8 inch refracting telescope, built by Thomas Cooke & Sons, York, Yorkshire, and erected at Adelaide Observatory, 1874.
Photograph in a photograph album used at Melbourne Observatory, late 19th century. The photographs show the main Melbourne Observatory building, Great Melbourne Telescope, 8 inch transit telescope, recording equipment, observatories in other cities and countries, astronomers, astronomical photographs of sun and stars. - Description Of Content:
- Unidentified refracting telescope.
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | astronomy, observatories, telescopes |
| Themes this item is part of: | Melbourne Observatory Collection, Science & Measurement Collection |
| Primary Classification: | ASTRONOMY |
| Secondary Classification: | Research |
| Tertiary Classification: | telescopes |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Adelaide Observatory, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1874-1899 |
| Maker of Item Depicted: | T. Cooke & Sons, York, Yorkshire, England, Great Britain, 1874 The 8-Inch Refracting Telescope by Thomas Cooke & Sons at the Adelaide Observatory was installed under director Charles Todd to observe the 1874 transit of Venus. |
| References: | The transit of venus website: http://www.transitofvenus.nl/history.html, viewed 04/01/2010. |
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