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Description: | Electrotype copy of a plaster model showing the lunar crater, Eratosthenes in a hinged mahogany case. Made by Henry Blunt from observations of the Moon made with his own reflecting telescope at his home in Shrewsbury. The model was donated by the commissioners for the 1851 Great Exhibition held at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. It is thought to be copy of the lunar model exhibited under Class X, item No.372 in exhibition catalogue. The original appears to be in the possession of the Royal Astronomical Society | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | replicas electrotypes lunar crater models models (representation) | Temporal: | 1849-1851 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Blunt, Henry | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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