Telescope Collection (page 7)

Jean Dominique Cassini (1625-1712), Italian-born French astronomer. In the background is the Paris Observatory which Cassini directed for many years from 1671

Frederick II, The Great (1712-1786), King of Prussia from 1740, at the Battle of Rossbach, 1757. The Battle of Rossbach was an engagement fought in Prussian Saxony in November 1757 during the Seven

Edwin Powell Hubble (1899-1953), American astronomer, in the obsevatory. Using the powerful hooker 100 inch reflector at Mount Wilson Observatory

William Herschel (1738-1822) German-born English astronomer. Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781. It was the first planet to be discovered since ancient times

200 inch Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory, California, at night, c1948. This was the worlds largest telescope when completed in 1948, with a mirror 200 inches in diameter

George Ellery Hale (1868-1938), American astronomer, observing sunspots, 1907. Hale was director of Yerkes (1895-1905) and Mount Wilson (1904-23) Observatories

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish general, 1801. Artist: John Kay
Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish general, 1801. Abercromby served in the Seven Years War. He defeated the French at Alexandria (Aboukir Bay), on 21 March 1801, but died of his wounds

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish soldier. Artist: H Robinson
Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish soldier. General Abercromby led the successful Anglo-Turkish force against the French at Aboukir Bay (Alexandria) on 21 March 1801

Observing a solar eclipse, 1673. Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), a wealthy Polish brewer and councillor of Danzig, devoted much time and money to astronomy

Galileo presenting his telescope to the Muses, 1655-56
Galileo presenting his telescope to the Muses, and pointing out a heliocentric system. Note Jupiter and its satellites, the phases of Venus, and the triple nature of Saturn

Russian General Kouropatkine giving order to retreat, Russo-Japanese War, 1904
Russian General Kouropatkine giving order to retreat after the Battle of Moudken, March, 1904 Russo-Japanese War, 1904. From Le Petit Journal Paris

Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, British naval commander, 1857
Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, British naval commander, c1860. Lyons (1790-1858) commanded the British fleet in the Black Sea during the Crimean War (1853-1856)

Jean Bernard Leon Foucault (1819-1860), French physicist. Foucault measured the velocity of light and, in 1851, proved the rotation of the Earth on its axis using his pendulum

Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian soldier, (1833-1834). Artist: Pyotr Basin
Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian soldier, (1833-1834). Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745-1813) was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Russias armies on 17 August 1812

From The Great Pyramid. (A Bird s-Eye View of The Canal and Its Consequences. ), 1869. Artist: Joseph Swain
From The Great Pyramid. (A Bird s-Eye View of The Canal and Its Consequences.), 1869. In November 1869 the Suez Canal was formally opened

An ancient storm in the Jovian atmosphere, 1999. Creator: NASA
An ancient storm in the Jovian atmosphere, 1999. The Great Red Spot in Jupiters atmosphere is a vast storm, spinning like a cyclone

Portrait of Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738- 1822), 1785. Creator: Lemuel Abbott (1760-1802)
Portrait of Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738- 1822), 1785 (oil on canvas). Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792)

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