Plan of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Size:S: 60 x 45cm Plate 11 from the book

Plate 11 from the book Zoologischer Atlas

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'Design for Stained Glass'

Plan of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Size:S: 60 x 45cm Plate 11 from the bookPlan of the old Royal Observatory building (now known as Flamsteed House) designed by Christopher Wren (1632 1723) showing rooms, with a key to their use and various details. These include a reflecting telescope tube of 60 feet in length (centre); a 120 foot deep stairwell for parallax observation (top right); and the star chamber, or octagon room (right). Scale: 1 inches to 30 feet. Plate 1 from Ichnographia speculae Regiae Grenovici exquisite facta