Images Dated 2008 July

Lord Rosses telescope, Birr, Offaly, Ireland, 1924-1926.Artist: W Lawrence

Lord Rosse's telescope, Birr, Offaly, Ireland, 1924-1926. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800-1867), Irish astronomer and engineer, built what was then the largest telescope in the world on his estate at Birr (then known as Parsonstown), Ireland. The instrument was known as the Leviathan of Parsonstown'. With it Lord Rosse discovered 15 spiral nebulae, and named the Crab nebula. A print from Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume III, 1924-1926

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John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, 19th century. Artist: H Wallis

John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, 19th century. Engraving after a portrait painted in 1826. Lord Eldon served as Lord Chancellor from 1801-1806 and again from 1807-1827

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The Burning of Richard Woodman and nine other protestant martyrs, at Lewes in Sussex

The Burning of ten protestant martyrs, Lewes, Sussex, 1557. Seventeen Protestant martyrs were burned at the stake between 1555 and 1557 during the persecutions of the reign of Queen Mary. The victims on this occasion, the 22nd June 1557, were Richard Woodman, George Stevens, Alexander Hosman, William Mainard, Thomasina Wood, Margery Morris, James Morris, Denis Burges, Ann Ashton and Mary Groves

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