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The Grubb Astrographic Telescopes, 1887–1896

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

P. A. Wayman
P. A. Wayman*
Affiliation:
Dunsink Observatory, Dublin 15, Ireland

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Thomas and Howard Grubb, father and son, made telescopes in Dublin from c.1830 to 1925. The elder Grubb's first telescopes of some size were the 1835 equatorial mounting of a 34-cm Cauchoix objective for E. J. Cooper of Markree Castle, Co. Sligo, Ireland, and a 15-inch reflector for Armagh Observatory (1840), which employed a centrifugal governor and the first mirror-cell with rocking support pads. The firm continued in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England as Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co.

Type
Part I: Historical Research
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 133: Mapping the Sky: Past Heritage and Future Directions , 1988 , pp. 139 - 142
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

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