| Reference number | PT/62/8/63 |
| Previous numbers | PT/62/8/14 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Photographs, Lord Rosse's telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland, by [Mary Parsons, Countess of Rosse?] and unkown artist[s] |
| Date | [1861] |
| Description | Reduced versions of images and cut stereoscopic views of the telescope arranged on a backing board for the engraver. The images are numbered and overwritten with key letters in ink. The paper contained larger versions of most of these images, however figures 10-11 [universal joint bearing the main tube] are only present on this collected sheet. Engraved versions of these photographs were published in William Parsons' paper as figures 1-11 from plate 24.
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. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Photograph |
| Physical description | Albumen prints, ink on paper, mounted on card and a backing board |
| Dimensions | 282x200mm |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1861.0029 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1860.0078 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/62/8 |
| URL description | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9089 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8084 | Parsons; William (1800 - 1867); 3rd Earl of Rosse | 1800 - 1867 |