By the world's finest maker. John Bird provided the foundation instruments of the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford in the early 1770's, including two 8-ft mural quadrants.

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Title: By the world's finest maker. John Bird provided the foundation instruments of the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford in the early 1770's, including two 8-ft mural quadrants.

Caption: By the world's finest maker. John Bird provided the foundation instruments of the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford in the early 1770's, including two 8-ft mural quadrants. The first director, Thomas Hornsby, planned an observatory that would rival Greenwich and Bird was acknowledged as the best maker of astronomical instruments in the world.

Credit: Album / World History Archive

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Image size: 4783 × 4385 px | 60.0 MB

Print size: 40.5 × 37.1 cm | 1883.1 × 1726.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ASTRONOMY: OBSERVATORY • FOUNDATION • INSTRUMENT • OBSERVATORY • ORRERY • OXFORD • PLANETARIUM • PLANETARY • RADCLIFFE