Lot #60 - A.S. Brush & Co., Melbourne refractor telescope
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Auction House:E J Ainger Pty Ltd
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Sale Name:Important Two Day Special Antique Auction
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Sale Date:05 Aug 2017 ~ 11am - Lots 1 - 349
06 Aug 2017 ~ 11am - Lots 401 - 758 -
Lot #:60
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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
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Realised Price:Undisclosed
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Category:Scientific & Industrial
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