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Stargazing: past and present (1878)

Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920, Seabroke, G. M. (George Mitchell), 1848-1918 · London, Macmillan and co. · leaf 336

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I „ I L Fir;. 143 -Oeneial wew ot tlie ildliourne Reflector. neither German nor English, but in part imitates bothof these methods : hence I give it the name of Composite.There is a short polar axis supported at both ends. CHAP. XX.] METflODS OF MOUNTING LARGE TELESCOPES. 313 … 314 STARGAZING : PAST AND PRESENT. [book v. Within the last few years two large reflectors havebeen erected, equatorially mounted in this compositemanner—the great Melbourne Equatorial, constructedby Mr. Grubb, and the new Paris Equatorial, constructedby Mr. Eichens. Of the former. Fig. 143 gives a…

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