Paper, 'On the construction of specula of six feet aperture; and a selection of observations of nebulae made therewith' by the Earl of Rosse [William Parsons]
Reference number: PT/62/8
Date: 1861
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Paper describing the reflecting telescope of a six-foot aperture at Birr Castle, Parsonstown, Ireland, then the largest reflecting telescope in the world. Also, observations made using the instrument and guided by Sir John Herschel's catalogue of nebulae. 208 manuscript pages including 39 figures and 23 separate plates
Subject: Scientific Instruments / Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the construction of specula of six-feet aperture; and a selection from the observations of nebulæ made with them'.
Received by the Royal Society on 5 June 1861. Read 20 June 1861.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 11, 1862.
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- PT/62/8
- Earliest possible date
- 1861
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 226 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Parsons, Paper, 'On the construction of specula of six feet aperture; and a selection of observations of nebulae made therewith' by the Earl of Rosse [William Parsons], 1861, PT/62/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_62_8/paper-on-the-construction-of-specula-of-six-feet-aperture-and-a-selection-of-observations-of-nebulae-made-therewith-by-the-earl-of-rosse-william-parsons, accessed on 03 December 2024
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Referee's report by Thomas Romney Robinson, on a paper 'On the construction of specula of six-feet aperture; and a selection from the observations of nebulae made with them' by William Parsons, Lord Rosse
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1861
April 1860 - April 1862 Reference number: PT/62
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