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Figures showing the components of the 'Leviathan Telescope' of Lord Rosse at Birr Castle, Ireland
James Basire III (d.1869), engraver and The Rt Hon. Mary Parsons née Field, Countess of Rosse (1813 – 1885)1861
The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom
Plate 24 figures 1-11 for the paper "On the construction of specula of six-feet aperture; and a selection from the observations of nebulae made with them", by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 151 (1861) pp.681-746.
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- Title: Figures showing the components of the 'Leviathan Telescope' of Lord Rosse at Birr Castle, Ireland
- Creator: James Basire III (d.1869), engraver, The Rt Hon. Mary Parsons née Field, Countess of Rosse (1813 – 1885)
- Date Created: 1861
- Location: Birr Castle, Birr, County Offaly, Ireland
- Rights: The Royal Society, 2022
- External Link: See full text of paper online
- Medium: Engraving
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