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| The remains of William Herschel's telescope. 2006 |
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| Brief Description: The remains of Herschel's forty-foot reflector telescope. It was removed from Herschel's Observatory House to the National Maritime Museum, London, in 1960. |
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| Subject Date: July 2006 |
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| Creator: Jacky Burns |
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| Owner: Slough Library |
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| Contributor: Slough Library |
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| Full Description: This part of the tube is the only known remains of William Herschel's forty-foot telecsope. This telescope showed 75 million more stars than could be seen before, and Herschel used it to discover 4 moons - 2 orbiting Uranus, and 2 orbiting Saturn.
Before the telescope was finished in August 1789, the construction attracted lots of visitors. To their amusement, the tube was easy to walk through, even dressed in a bell hoop!
The telescope was marked on Ordnance Survey maps, but was finally dismantled in 1839. When Observatory House was demolished in 1960, the telescope moved to National Maritme Museum, Greenwich. |
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| Collection: 21st century collection |
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| Dimensions: 10.1 x 15.1 cm |
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| Subject: Telescopes |
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| Name Subject: Observatory House ; |
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| Content Type: Photo colour |
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| Unique ID: sl-sl-jbd2000_herschelscope-i-00-000.jpg |
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| IPR: Slough Library |
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