ISSN:
1422-6960
Keywords:
Key words. History of science; Ireland; Rosse Telescope; St. Patrick's College; Birr Demense; Irish National Museum (Galway); Giant's Causeway.
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract. Newly-prosperous Ireland has a number of sites which the scientific traveller can visit. There are apparatus museums at Birr and Maynooth, and a collection of early apparatus at the physics department of the Irish National University in Galway. The main attraction at Birr is the Rosse Telescope, with its 6-ft diameter speculum, built in the 1840s, and recently refurbished. Travellers to Northern Ireland can see applied geology at the Giant's Causeway.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s000160050048
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