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OXFORD, both University and the City, is witnessing now the first results of the legal decision upholding the rights of the Radcliffe Trustees to act in the best interests of Urania. This duty led them in the most obvious way possible to a happier clime, where clear skies with steady seeing occur with far more frequency than in Oxford. Quite soon the quaint but beautiful Radcliffe Observatory will cease to adorn the Woodstock Road, and Pretoria will glory in its opportunity to cherish the Radcliffe 72-inch reflector now under construction at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Of late, the Trustees have been engaged in finding new domiciles for such instruments as are not required in South Africa, and to this end offered to the University of London as a free gift the most valuable of the telescopes. This is one of the finest examples of the skill of the late Sir Howard Grubb. It comprises a photographic refractor 24 inches in diameter and 270 inches in focal length, with a visual refractor 18 inches in diameter and 270 inches in focal length. The Senate of the University of London has accepted this magnificent gift for its observatory at Mill Hill, where for the last five years in a conspicuous building of attractive design an enthusiastic group has worked. This notable addition to the facilities of the Observatory is a fitting reward for much labour, in that it will provide further and extended opportunities for investigation which will no doubt be fully utilised.
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Radcliffe Telescope for University of London Observatory. Nature 135, 367 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135367c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135367c0