Great Melbourne Telescope:

Erected at Melbourne Observatory in 1869, the telescope was the second largest in the world, designed to explore the nature of the nebulae in the southern skies. Richard Gillespie, head of the History and Technology department at the Melbourne museum has written an entertaining account of the telesc...

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Main Author: Gillespie, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Melbourne Museum Victoria 2011
Edition:1st ed
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Summary:Erected at Melbourne Observatory in 1869, the telescope was the second largest in the world, designed to explore the nature of the nebulae in the southern skies. Richard Gillespie, head of the History and Technology department at the Melbourne museum has written an entertaining account of the telescope's extraordinary history and tells the story through an amazing cast of characters whose lives intersected with the telescope
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages)
ISBN:9781921833311
9781921833052

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