Subfonds K - Correspondence relating to astronomy

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IE BCA ROSSE/K

Title

Correspondence relating to astronomy

Date(s)

  • 1840-1984 (Creation)

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Name of creator

Parsons Family, Earls of Rosse
(c.1590-)

Repository

Birr Castle Archives

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Correspondence of the 3rd and 4th Earls of Rosse with fellow-astronomers or about the Birr and other observatories, including correspondence of the 5th and 6th Earls about the Birr Observatory, 1840-1909, 1913-14, 1938 and 1964-84.

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