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 | 1800 - 1867 |