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LORD ROSSE'S TELESCOPE

Built by the 3rd Earl of Rosse in 1842 and known as the Leviathan of Parsonstown'. It was the largest telescope in the world for three-quarters of a century

Picture No
10123883
Media ID
47311555
Size
3949px x 5384px (4.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration based on a photograph in Scribner's Magazine, February 1888
Date
1888

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