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The 28-inch Refractor Telescope, 1893.
The 28-inch refractor telescope is the largest of its kind in the UK and the seventh largest in the world. Completed in 1893 as a replacement for the...
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Battenberg's course indicator Mark III.
Station, speed and distance indicators were developed from the mid-19th century. With the introduction of fast steam ships, it became more important...
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A replica of the tent used on the Transit of Venus expedition of 1769.
A replica of the tent used as a portable observatory on James Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific, a voyage that included the observation of the...
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