The Great Equatorial Telescope in the Dome, Greenwich Observatory

$An image showing 'Great Equatorial Telescope (Merz 12.8-inch Visual Refractor). AST0019'$

An image showing 'Based on a drawing by L. Cornellisen, engraved by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, c.1870, originally published in Appendix III. Description of the Great Equatoreal at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, by Airy, G. B, published in 'Greenwich Observations in Astronomy, Magnetism and Meteorology made at the Royal Observatory', Series 2, vol. 30, plate VIII.'

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The Great Equatorial Telescope in the Dome, Greenwich Observatory

This hand-coloured print is of the Great Equatorial Telescope (the Merz 12.8-inch visual refractor) at Greenwich in the dome subsequently occupied by the 28-inch visual refractor [AST0932]. This print appeared in Walter Thornbury's 'Old and New London' (6 vols, 1872-78), vol. 6, p. 223.

The print is mounted in a glass-fronted Hogarth frame in brown and gold.

The print is from a drawing by L. Cornellisen, engraved by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, circa 1870.

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Object Details

ID:	AST0019
Collection:	Astronomical and navigational instruments
Type:	Print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Unknown
Date made:	1870s; 1879-85
Exhibition:	Unseen: The Lives of Looking by Dryden Goodwin
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 15 mm x 240 mm x 260 mm