Isaac Newton Telescope, Science Research Council
Dec. 01, 1967 - Queen to Inaugerate the Isaac Newton Telescope. The Science Research Council's Isaac Newton Telescope, will be inaugerated by H.M. The Queen this evening, at the Royal Greenwich observatory, Herstmonceaux, Sussex. Named after the inventor of the first reflecting telescope, this 98-inch instrument is the largest ever built in this country even in Western Europe. Photo shows Sir Richard Woolley, the Astronomer Royal, seen with the black box that controls the giant telescope yesterday
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Astronomer Controls Greenwich Herstmonceaux Inaugerated Isaac Observatory Reflecting Telescope Woolley
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