02509nam 2200589Ia 450 991046319100332120200520144314.01-921833-31-9(CKB)2670000000370665(EBL)1206912(OCoLC)854971937(SSID)ssj0001076490(PQKBManifestationID)11627208(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001076490(PQKBWorkID)11013719(PQKB)11383102(MiAaPQ)EBC1206912(Au-PeEL)EBL1206912(CaPaEBR)ebr10715717(EXLCZ)99267000000037066520110914d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe great Melbourne telescope[electronic resource] /Richard GillespieMelbourne Museum Victoria20111 online resource (192 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-921833-05-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-170) and index.Contents; Foreword; CHAPTER ONE The Southern Telescope; CHAPTER TWO This Noble Object; CHAPTER THREE Engineering Masterpiece; CHAPTER FOUR Controversy; CHAPTER FIVE The Telescope at Work; CHAPTER SIX The Telescope in the City; CHAPTER SEVEN Rebirth; TELESCOPE TYPES; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Notes; IndexErected 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.TelescopesAustraliaMelbourne (Vic.)HistoryAstronomersAustraliaMelbourne (Vic.)HistoryAstronomyAustraliaMelbourne (Vic.)HistoryElectronic books.TelescopesHistory.AstronomersHistory.AstronomyHistory.522522/.2Gillespie R(Richard)996904Museum Victoria.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463191003321The great Melbourne telescope2285951UNINA