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Description: | Reflecting telescope with Gregorian optics, possibly made in London, concave secondary mirror, no name on speculum-metal primary mirror, Unusual brass pillar stand possibly made in Edinburgh, Upright image of magnification x8
"48. Gregory's Reflecting Telescope. The James Gregory (1638-1675) who invented the reflecting telescope is usually regarded as the brightest star in the Gregory constellation, and the greatest mathematician in a family of mathematical geniuses. His son, James (1674-1733), was the first in the family to attain professorial rank in Medicine (King's College - 1725 till 1732), and two of his grandsons and a great-grandson also became professors of Medicine in King's College, Aberdeen."
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"Gregorian reflector telescope used in Aberdeen Observatory (18th cent)"
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
Acquisition source: Smith, John | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1700-1770 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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