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Astronomical Manuscript at Marsh's Library Dublin
26 July 2004 - 1 Feburary 2005
Early printed works by Newton, Kepler, and Galileo, a 14th-century astronomical manuscript in Irish, and the first description of a transit of Venus (1630s)....
You can see all this and more in a new exhibition at the Marsh's Library, beside St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Engravings of early telescopes, and star and lunar maps will also be on display. The exhibition runs into 2005.
Open: Mon, Wed-Fri 10-1 & 2-5; Sat 10.30-1. Adm: €2.50, an information catalogue about the works costs €10. For more info visit
www.marshlibrary.ie
Location:
Marsh's Library, beside St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Organisers:
Marsh Library
