Telescope Collection (#50)

Ross / Magnetic Pole
John Rosss arctic expedition: Ross planting the British Standard on the true position of the Magnetic Pole

Leaving a Plane 1960S
Passengers alighting from a BEA Bristol Britannia aeroplane, watched by friends and relatives

NAPOLEON I Gulliver (George III and Napoleon)

Lippershey / World Invent
HANS LIPPERSHEY or LIPPERSHEIM Dutch spectacle maker, credited with invention of the telescope (1608)

George V / Vfair 1911
GEORGE V the year after he became king

E Torricelli / World Inven
EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI Italian mathematician and physicist; he improved the telescope and invented the barometer Date: 1608 - 1647

18th Century Naval Unif
Naval Officers and Seamen of the 18th century

C18 Admiral
An admiral on his quarter- deck, telescope at the ready

Claude Chappe / Sch Card
CLAUDE CHAPPE French engineer, invented a telegraph system using visual semaphore signals

Chicago Exhibition - 7
The Yerkes telescope is an impressive exhibit at the Chicago Exhibition, 1893

Foucaults Telescope
Leon Foucaults telescope, constructed in Paris by Secretan

Herschel / Telescope / 1863
William Herschels 40 foot telescope as it was in 1863, Herschel House, Slough

Great Moon Hoax
THE GREAT MOON HOAX A scene of life on the Moon, alleged to have been observed by Herschel through his telescope; it was a journalists fabrication

Boer / Rhodes at Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes watching the effect of the Long Cecil gun on the enemy trenches

Transit of Venus
A diagram illustrating the visible transit of Venus across the Sun

Festival Radio Telescope
The huge " Radio Telescope", visible for miles, a futuristic lighthouse for projecting messages to the moon. It was actually the Shot Tower, an old London landmark

Rhino and Telescope
A bird invites the rhinoceros to examine the heavens through his telescope

Naval Lieutenant & Boy
A Lieutenant and a Signal Boy who holds a telescope to help make out the flags on distant ships

Megnie / Telescope / Diderot
Megnies Equatorial telescope

Nairn / Telescope / Diderot
Nairns equatorial telescope

Looking at the Moon
A group of amateur astronomers look through a telescope at the moon and see a face in it (illustration to the fable, An animal in the moon )

Observing Venus
Astronomy at the Place du Chatelet in Paris. Street stargazers observe the planet Venus through a telescope

Street Telescope Exhibitor A young boy steps up for a telescopic view of the moon

Galileo / Telescope / Study
Galileo calculates the magnification of his telescope

Galileo / Jupiter`s Satel
Galileo shows the satellites of Jupiter to Venetian senators

Napoleon / Horse Ali 1800
NAPOLEON I riding Ali, at the battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800

Nautical / Navigation
Look-out man from the crow s- nest during Wordenskjolds Arctic expedition

Churchill / Admiralty / 1914
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman and author as First Lord of the Admiralty in a pose reminiscent of Horatio, Lord Nelson Date: 1874 - 1965

G Washington / Tucker
GEORGE WASHINGTON First president of the United States as a general

Edward Vii / Boning & Smal
EDWARD VII, BRITISH ROYALTY as PRINCE OF WALES in nautical garb wearing a bargee hat, and holding a telescope

Battenberg / Prince Louis
Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg in Naval Dress

Telescope, Paris 1899
Giant telescope exhibited at the Paris Exposition

Jesuit missionaries with telescopes in Siam (Thailand)
Jesuit missionaries in Siam (Thailand) impress the king with their telescopes

Newtons reflecting telescope
Sir Isaac Newtons reflecting telescope

Christian Huygens, Dutch scientist
Christian (or Christiaan) Huygens, Dutch mathematician, physicist, horologist and astronomer, notable for his contributions to telescopes and to the nature of light

Futuristic helicopter sentinel
A futuristic scene showing a helicopter pilot with a telescope, acting as a sentinel of the skies. A beam of light shines on him from a distant tower

Telescope, Japan
Japanese amazed !

Galileo Galilei / Milton
GALILEO GALILEI Italian astronomer, visited by the English poet John Milton at the villa d Arcetri, near Firenze, Italy, in 1638

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"Exploring the Cosmos: A Journey through the Telescope" In a vast expanse of darkness, our eyes turn towards the heavens. The telescope, an instrument of wonder and discovery, unveils secrets hidden within the celestial tapestry. As we gaze upon Orions belt, we are reminded of the ancient navigators who used these stars to guide their way. With each lens focused on Messier objects, we witness a full set of cosmic wonders unfold before us. Like Sir Isaac Newton in his youthful portrait from 1689, we embark on a journey that transcends time itself. The Orion Nebula emerges like a vibrant painting in space, its ethereal beauty captivating our senses. We marvel at the Pillars of Creation - colossal structures where new stars are born amidst interstellar dust and gas. From Thomas Cochrane's observatory in Dundonald to Japan's astronomy enthusiasts in 1936 depicted by Ota Chou's color drawing; humanity has always sought solace under starlit skies. Galileo's sketches from "The Starry Messenger" transport us back to 1610 when he first beheld the moon through his revolutionary telescope. Even Napoleon I himself was captivated by this celestial tool as depicted by Gillray's satirical illustration. And let us not forget about Old Hartlepool Lighthouse standing tall along England's northeastern coast - a beacon guiding sailors while reminding them of distant galaxies yet to be explored. Amongst these wonders lies NGC 2841 - a spiral galaxy captured beautifully by Hubble Space Telescope imagery. Its mesmerizing form reminds us that there is still so much left unseen beyond our own world. Through telescopic lenses, humanity reaches for knowledge among twinkling stars and distant galaxies alike, and is an eternal quest for understanding that unites us all under one universal sky.