LEADER 02476nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910808667603321 005 20230725035552.0 010 $a1-921833-31-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000370665 035 $a(EBL)1206912 035 $a(OCoLC)854971937 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001076490 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11627208 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001076490 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11013719 035 $a(PQKB)11383102 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1206912 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1206912 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10715717 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000370665 100 $a20110914d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe great Melbourne telescope$b[electronic resource] /$fRichard Gillespie 210 $aMelbourne $cMuseum Victoria$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-921833-05-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 164-170) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aErected 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. 606 $aTelescopes$zAustralia$zMelbourne (Vic.)$xHistory 606 $aAstronomers$zAustralia$zMelbourne (Vic.)$xHistory 606 $aAstronomy$zAustralia$zMelbourne (Vic.)$xHistory 615 0$aTelescopes$xHistory. 615 0$aAstronomers$xHistory. 615 0$aAstronomy$xHistory. 676 $a522 676 $a522/.2 700 $aGillespie$b R$g(Richard)$01610475 712 02$aMuseum Victoria. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808667603321 996 $aThe great Melbourne telescope$93938247 997 $aUNINA