The monster telescopes, erected by the Earl of Rosse, Parsonstown : with an account of the manufacture of the specula, and full descriptions of all the machinery connected with these instruments
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The monster telescopes, erected by the Earl of Rosse, Parsonstown : with an account of the manufacture of the specula, and full descriptions of all the machinery connected with these instruments
（Cambridge library collection, . Physical sciences）
Cambridge University Press, 2010
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Reprint of the 2nd ed. Originally published: Parsonstown : Sheilds and Son, 1844
Anonymous work, reveals to be by Thomas Woods; author statements of 2011 printing corrected
The second, by another anonymous author, first appeared in the "Dublin review" in March 1845
Contents of Works
- Report made at the annual visitation of the Armagh Observatory / by T.R. Robinson
- A descriptive and explanatory account of the Earl of Rosse's reflecting telescopes : of the processes employed in their construction : and of observations of some of the nebulæ made with these instruments
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- I. The manufacture of the three foot speculum, and the machinery of the small telescope
- 2. The manufacture of the six foot speculum, and the machinery of the Monster telescope.
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