| RefNo | PT/62/8/60 |
| Previous numbers | PT/62/8/11 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Photograph, Lord Rosse's telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland by [Mary Parsons, Countess of Rosse?] |
| Date | [1861] |
| Description | Stereoscopic pair of photographs.The great telescope seen from the north at a slight angle to the view selected for figure 8 of plate 24. The telescope is held low, with foreground detail of the crane winding mechanism on a platform behind the instrument. Not published in Philosophical Transactions. Stereoscopic pair of photographs.
Subject: Scientific Instruments / Astronomy
Received by the Royal Society on 5 June 1861. Read 20 June 1861. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Photograph |
| PhysicalDescription | Albumen print, mounted on card |
| Dimensions | 163x216mm [image]; 188x277mm [mount] |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1860.0078 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1861.0029 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/62/8 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9086 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8084 | Parsons; William (1800 - 1867); 3rd Earl of Rosse; astronomer | 1800 - 1867 |