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May 05, 1963 - New Radio telescope at Cambridge: The new radio telescope which the Ministry of Public Building and Works is erecting for Professor Ryle and Cambridge University, is nearing completion at its site five miles outside Cambridge. The equipment which is costing £450, 000 comprises three dishes, one of which moves on rails, and the whole installation extends over nearly a mile in a straight line that deviates only about the thickness of a threepenny piece. Photo shows the construction of the mobile dish which is near the completion stage, in the distance can be seen the fixed central dish

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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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And Pound Completion Comprises Costing Dish Dishes Erecting Extends Fixed Installation Mobile Moves Nearing Nearly Rails Ryle Telescope Thickness Threepenny


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