| RefNo | MS/257/1/17 |
| AltRefNo | Sa.17 |
| Previous numbers | ES1/3/17 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Viscount Adare, Observatory to Edward Sabine |
| Date | 30 December 1833 |
| Description | Adare praises [Thomas] Grubb's work calling him ‘a man of great mechanical ingenuity’, who is making part of Coopers equatorial and made [?] of nine inches diameter and were better in Dr Robinson's opinion than [John] Herschel’s. Discussion on Grubb making a ten foot reflector. Grubb is currently making a telescope for Dr Robinson, and Adare enquires if Sabine would like to order one as well for the same price. Adare informs the equatorial is erected at the observatory but not yet completed with the circle being sent to London to be divided. Adare discusses the eclipse. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6071 | Wyndham-Quin; Edwin Richard Windham (1812 - 1871); 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl | 1812 - 1871 |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |