Parts of Northumberland Telescope (1838)
Type
Image
Change log
Authors
Troughton & Simms
Ransomes of Ipswich
Description
Identification photographs for assorted detached parts of the Northumberland Telescope at Cambridge Observatory. Some parts can be identified in "Account of the Northumberland equatoreal and dome attached to the Cambridge Observatory" by G.B. Airy, Cambridge University Press, 1844. For full descriptions consult the Institute of Astronomy Library HIN database. HIN468 was deleted as not an historic item.
Keywords
telescopes, observatories, telescope mounts, telescope domes, observers chairs