Rosse

[ ros ]

/ rɒs /

William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.

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For two seasons in 1865 and 1866 I had the honour of being Lord Rosse's astronomer.
Great Astronomers|R. S. Ball
It was designed and constructed in 1845 by the late Earl of Rosse, and has rendered great service to science.
Sixty Years a Queen|Sir Herbert Maxwell
That of the great Rosse speculum was no less than four tons.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century|Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
The Rosse speculum—six feet in diameter and three tons in weight—reposes at the lower end of a telescope fifty-five feet long.
The Story of the Heavens|Robert Stawell Ball

The colossal Rosse reflector still marks, as to size, the ne plus ultra of performance in that line.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century|Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke