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Description: | Refracting telescope of 4.1-inch aperture on an English type equatorial mounting commissioned by Sir George Shuckburgh from Jesse Ramsden in 1781, though not completed until 1791. First installed at Shuckburgh's home at Shuckburgh Warwickshire, it was later given to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in 1811 by Charles Jenkinson Shuckburgh's heir. The hour circle was re-divided by Troughton & Simms in 1860 but the stand proved too flimsy and was little used at Greenwich in later years. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | equatorial instrument telescope - refracting | Temporal: | 1781-1791 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Berge, Matthew, d. 1819 | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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