Telescope speculum for Lord Rosse's 72-inch telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland Finish:none is possibly Edward Cardwell

is possibly Edward Cardwell

Campbell (second from the left)

Four figures of Venetian glass

This sample was excavated in Norway

Telescope speculum for Lord Rosse's 72-inch telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland Finish:none is possibly Edward CardwellPlate 24 figure 2 from the paper 'On the construction of specula of six feet aperture; and a selection from the observations of nebulae made with them', by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 151 (1861) pp. 681 746. A view of the speculum on supporting levers supported on a cast iron rail carriage. The carriage is shown on a turntable situated to the north side of the Parsonstown 72 inch