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| Collection | Telescopes, Astronomical and navigational instruments, Optical equipment, Telescopes Online Gallery, Telescopes at the Royal Observatory Greenwich |
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| Gallery location | ROG (Floor plans) |
| People | maker of mount: Ransomes & Sims owner: Royal Greenwich Observatory commissioner of instrument: Christie, William Henry Mahoney maker: Grubb, Howard |
| Publication(s) | Greenwich Observatory: vol 3 |
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| Treasures of the National Maritime Museum Gloria Clifton and Nigel Rigby | |
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Object details:
| Object ID | AST0932 |
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| Description | Twice in its history, observations with the twenty-eight-inch refractor have been disturbed. The first time was during the First World War. Then, in 1939, the valuable object glass was sent to a place of safety during the Second World War. This was just as well since the Observatory was damaged by bombing and in 1944 the covering of the dome itself was stripped off by a V1 flying bomb. In 1947, the telescope was dismantled and sent to Herstmonceux, leading the departure of the astronomers from Greenwich. It was fully operational there from 1957 to 1970, but was then 'retired' and sent back to Greenwich to mark the Observatory's 300th anniversary in 1975. |
| Date made | 1893 (Mount 1859) |
| Artist/Maker | Ransomes & Simms Ransomes & Sims Ransomes & Sims Grubb, Howard |
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| Place made | England |
| Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Materials | steel; cast iron |
| Measurements | Overall: 8200 mm |
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