Description of the Great Melbourne Telescope Extracted from The Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 159, 1869
London: Taylor and Francis, 1869. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT MELBOURNE TELESCOPE built by Thomas Grubb of Dublin in 1868 and erected at Melbourne Observatory in 1869. The paper is accompanied by 10 lithographed plates. The telescope erected was a reflector..... More