Willilam Christie, Astronomer Royal
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RH says..... The instrument-making firm Thomas Cooke and Sons built both the Lassell and altazimuth domes at Greenwich. The former (pictured) was reused to surmount the New Physical Observatory.
Joining the 2009 International Year of Astronomy's Cosmic Diary project, this blog transcribes 19th-century working journals kept by the Astronomer Royal and Chief Assistant of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Transcription and comments are provided by a 21st-century curator working on the same site.
RH says..... The instrument-making firm Thomas Cooke and Sons built both the Lassell and altazimuth domes at Greenwich. The former (pictured) was reused to surmount the New Physical Observatory.
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