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Lot #60 - A.S. Brush & Co., Melbourne refractor telescope

  • Auction House:
    E J Ainger Pty Ltd
  • Sale Name:
    Important Two Day Special Antique Auction
  • Sale Date:
    05 Aug 2017 ~ 11am - Lots 1 - 349
    06 Aug 2017 ~ 11am - Lots 401 - 758
  • Lot #:
    60
  • Lot Description:
    A.S. Brush & Co., Melbourne refractor telescope
    Originally owned by E.J. Hartung, a well known Melbourne scientist. He was born in 1893 and studied chemistry at Melbourne University. His scientific interests included astronomy, he wrote a detailed handbook for astronomers "Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes. (Melbourne University press 1968) He had a private observatory in Woodend which was destroyed in the Ash Wednesday fires of 1983 (four years after his death). 161cm high.
  • Estimate:
    A$400 - 600
  • Realised Price:
    Undisclosed
  • Category:
    Scientific & Industrial

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