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Leviathan of Parsonstown, or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 inches (1.83 m) aperture, which was the largest telescope...

telescope of the 19th century, the Leviathan of Parsonstown with a 6 feet (1.8 m) wide metal mirror. In the 19th century a new method using a block of glass...

(49.5-inch) "40-foot telescope" of 1789 and Lord Rosse 183-cm (72-inch) mirror of his "Leviathan of Parsonstown" of 1845, impracticalities in using the...

Council of Ireland. A major feature on the grounds of the castle is the "Great Telescope" or Leviathan of Parsonstown or The Rosse Telescope of the third...

had not quite proven themselves in the 1890s. For example, the Leviathan of Parsonstown was a 1.8 meter telescope with a speculum metal mirror, but getting...

3rd Earl of Rosse at Birr Castle, County Offaly, where Parsons had built the world's largest telescope, the 72-inch Leviathan of Parsonstown. Simultaneously...

visited William Parsons, the 3rd Earl of Rosse in Parsonstown to try Parsons's new telescope called Leviathan of Parsonstown. Tom later said to his wife (Letter...

Earl of Rosse built his 72-inch (180 cm) Newtonian reflector called the "Leviathan of Parsonstown" with which he discovered the spiral form of galaxies...

Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse. (see "Leviathan of Parsonstown") One of the goals for the telescope was to look for a possible moon of Venus and to confirm...

family bears the title: 'Earl of Rosse') and is best known for its 19th-century telescope, the Leviathan of Parsonstown. Sculpture in the Parklands around...

of that era, the so-called Leviathan of Parsonstown telescope, which had been built by Robinson's friend and colleague William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse...

in the world. Lord Rosse's Leviathan of Parsonstown, a 72-inch (1.8-meter) telescope built in 1845, was, by the 1890s, out of commission. Although slightly...

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still growing. It also surpassed the 72-inch (1.83 m) metal mirror Leviathan of Parsonstown, built in 1845 but dismantled by the 1910s. The Plaskett telescope...

for his construction of the giant telescope the Leviathan of Parsonstown at his seat Birr Castle. Lord Rosse also sat as Member of Parliament for King's...

Rosse who built the Leviathan of Parsonstown telescope). During 1878 he moved to Dunsink, the site of the Trinity College Observatory of Dublin University...

Spiegelteleskop (39.4 inch reflector) of the Hamburg Observatory. At this time the 72-inch Leviathan of Parsonstown was the largest by aperture, but it...

theories fail to account for the motion of Uranus. Construction begins in Ireland of the "Leviathan of Parsonstown", a telescope built by Lord Rosse. August–September...

this time they were overshadowed by large reflectors such as the Leviathan of Parsonstown, and work with the Crossley Reflector and increasingly larger silver-and-glass...

telescope making – Parson's father William Parsons had constructed the Leviathan of Parsonstown (the largest telescope in the world from 1845-1917). The families...

This is a list of large optical telescopes. For telescopes larger than 3 meters in aperture see List of largest optical reflecting telescopes. This list...

Isaac Newton Telescope at Herstmonceux, 98 inches (1965-1979) Leviathan of Parsonstown, 1842- ~1890 3-foot telescope at Parsons RGO telescopes at different...