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The Great Melbourne Telescope
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Great Melbourne Telescope
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Richard Gillespie
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:192 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 250,Width 200 |
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| Category/Genre | History |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781921833052
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Museum Victoria Publishing
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| Imprint |
Museum Victoria Publishing
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| Publication Date |
1 November 2011 |
| Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
Erected at Melbourne Observatory in 1869, the telescope was the second largest in the world, designed to explore the nature of the nebulae in the southern skies. Richard Gillespie, head of the History and Technology department at the Melbourne museum has written an entertaining account of the telescope's extraordinary history and tells the story through an amazing cast of characters whose lives intersected with the telescope.
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