Picture No | 10123883 |
Date | 1888 |
Description | LORD ROSSE'S TELESCOPE |
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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.
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Source | Illustration based on a photograph in Scribner's Magazine, February 1888 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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