Discovery of Herschel's forty-foot mirror at Slough

Steavenson, W H

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Steavenson, W H

Publication Date

2009-08-07

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TOO/2/A

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Steavenson, W. H. (2009). Discovery of Herschel's forty-foot mirror at Slough [digital image]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/218816

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Original is 163x214 mm and signed by Steavenson on the reverse.

Abstract

Photograph taken by Dr W.H. Steavenson on 1927 March 3 at 7 p.m. showing the location of the mirror to Herschel's forty-foot telescope hidden underneath a staircase in Observatory House, Slough.

Keywords

mirrors, telescopes

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This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/218816

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Rights Holder: This image is provided by the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge. For enquiries about re-use please contact the Institute directly: ioalib@ast.cam.ac.uk.

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