Images Dated 9th July 2008

Lord Rosse's 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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An advertising page in Hearth and Home, 30th November 1899. Artist: Unknown

An advertising page in Hearth and Home, 30th November 1899. Adverts for women's fashions by Hancock & James and Stagg & Mantle

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Advert for the Pathescope Home Cinema, 1928. Artist: Unknown

Advert for the Pathescope Home Cinema, 1928. A print from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, December 1928

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