Sir WIlliam Herschel's telescope or the Great Forty-Foot reflecting telescope built between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

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Caption: Sir WIlliam Herschel's telescope or the Great Forty-Foot reflecting telescope built between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

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