Record

Reference numberMS/257/5/127
Alternative reference numberSa.1807
Previous numbersES5/25/1807
LevelItem
TitleCopy of a letter from [William Parkinson] Wilson, Melbourne University to Charles William Pasley
Date21 August 1865
DescriptionReference to a letter received by Wilson from the Treasury regarding the purchase of an equatorial telescope. Wilson informs Pasley that the purchase will be expended under his order. Includes resolutions from the Board of Visitors regarding the sum of £5000 for the purchase of the equatorial telescope and the assistance of The Royal Society.

Description of a ‘brief history’ of ‘what has taken place’ in the context of commissioning a telescope for Melbourne. Wilson refers to his attempts for many years to persuade the government of Victoria to ‘procure a large reflecting telescope for observing the nebula of the southern hemisphere’. Reference to the actions and decisions made by the Board of Visitors and the communication between The Royal Society. Discussion regarding Mr [William] Lassell’s offer of his large telescope ‘as a present’ to the Melbourne Observatory. reference to the construction of the telescope and the ‘superiority of the mounting proposed by Mr [Thomas] Grubb’.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
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