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A. Mirror
astronomical t&e: polishing machine
astronomical t&e: telescope (20ft)
astronomical t&e: telescope (40ft)
astronomical t&e: telescope (Herschel's 40ft)
astronomical t&e: telescope, reflecting
astronomical t&e: telescope, reflecting (Herschel's 40ft)
astronomical t&e: telescope component: mirror
astronomical t&e: telescope component: mirror (40 ft)
astronomical t&e: telescope component: mirror, reflector (40ft)
documentary artifact: manuscript, Herschel telescope
documentary artifact: model, telescope
documentary artifact: photoprint
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surveying & navigational t&e: quadrant
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Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery
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Allen, H. R.
Barlow, J
Bird, John
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
Herschel, John Frederick William
Herschel, William
Johann Alexander Herschel
Prout, Samuel
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Clay Hall near Windsor, completed in Slough.
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Observatory House, Slough, England
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Aubert, Alexander
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Sketches of various sailing vessels (Drawing)
View of Herschel's Forty Foot Reflecting Telescope (Print)
Model telescope
Manuscripts regarding the 40ft telescope (Manuscript)
Interior at Slough showing 40ft reflector mirror (Photoprint)
40ft (Photograph of 40ft telescope at Slough)
'Slough. The 40ft reflector just before its demolition, 1840' (Drawing)
40-foot Herschelian (reflector) telescope tube remains (Telescope tube)
'Slough. The 40ft reflector with all the woodwork down' (Drawing)
Polishing machine for large mirrors (40ft) (Mirror grinding and polishing apparatus)
Quadrant (Telescope)
40ft (Mirror grinding and polishing apparatus)
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