40-foot telescope

40-foot telescope is a reflecting telescope.

Also recorded as Great Forty-Foot telescope; Herschel 40-foot telescope.

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Identity

What the record establishes about 40-foot telescope.

Astronomy: a 40-foot telescope constructed by William Herschel, in use outdoors. Coloured etching, 18--. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. M0009418: Herschel's 40 foot telescope is dated 18 March 1946 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 2 objects associated with this heading. 40-foot telescope is associated with United Kingdom.

The identifiers under which 40-foot telescope may be traced in institutional catalogues.

40-foot telescope is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q3661135.

In public collections. Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

DESIGN STUDIES FOR 440-FOOT-DIAMETER RADIO AND RADAR TELESCOPE, 1968. The 600-Foot Radio Telescope., The Astronomical Journal, 1960. Design and evaluation of a 405 MHz feed for a 28-foot parabolic radio telescope antenna. The Ohio State University 360-Foot Radio Telescope., The Astronomical Journal, 1960.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 2 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 9 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1946M0009418: Herschel's 40 foot telescope is dated 18 March 1946 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  2. 1946M0009418: Herschel's 40 foot telescope (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “40-foot telescope”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Design and evaluation of a 405 MHz feed for a 28-foot parabolic radio telescope antenna

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    DESIGN STUDIES FOR 440-FOOT-DIAMETER RADIO AND RADAR TELESCOPE, 1968

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    The 600-Foot Radio Telescope, Scientific American, 1960

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    The 600-Foot Radio Telescope., The Astronomical Journal, 1960

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    The Ohio State University 360-Foot Radio Telescope., The Astronomical Journal, 1960

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming 40-foot telescope.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3661135: 40-foot telescope

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  9. 9.

    “40-foot telescope”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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