Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co.
Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd.. , Also known as Grubb Parsons was a manufacturer of telescopes in Newcastle upon Tyne.
The company was founded in 1833 in Dublin by Thomas Grubb under the name Grubb Telescope Company. His son Howard Grubb joined in 1864. The company ran into financial difficulties in 1925, was purchased and renamed by Sir Charles Parsons.
Major telescopes
The company produced a number of telescopes, one of which included some of the largest of its time. The largest reflecting telescopes are
Where it is Schmidt cameras in the latter two. Even in the 19th century, the company had made significant telescopes. the
- 48 inch telescope at the Melbourne Observatory, 1869,
Was the second largest telescope of that time, after the Leviathan, which was designed by Charles Parsons father and resembled him in relation to the metal mirror. In addition, a number of refractors were built, as was the
- 27 inches of the Vienna University Observatory, 1878
The largest refracting telescope of its time, surpassed only by the two telescopes mentioned above.