THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
351 
REPOBT OF TELESCOPE SUBCOMMITTEE, 
AND A 
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT 
(Br the Maker, H. GRUBB, Esq., of Dublin). 
At the general meeting of the members. Royal Artillery Institution, 
on the 23rd May, 1871, it was proposed by the Committee, and unani¬ 
mously agreed to by the meeting— 
“ That a refracting telescope of 7-in. aperture, equatorially mounted, 
be procured for the Observatory of the Institution, at a cost of about 
£500.” 
The Committee, at its next meeting, on the 29th May, 1873, nomi- 
• nated a Sub-Committee to take the necessary measures for giving effect 
to the above resolution, consisting of— 
PRESIDENT. 
Col. (now Major-Gen.) W. J. Smythe, R.A., E.R.S. 
MEMBERS. 
Major Haig. I Capt. C. O. Browne. 
Capt. Ford. | Lieut, (now Capt.) Sladen. 
Capt. Burnaby, Secretary. 
The vacancies on the Sub-Committee afterwards occasioned by the 
retirement of Capt. Burnaby and the lamented death of Major Haig, 
were supplied by the appointment of Capt. W. H. King-Harman as 
Secretary, and Capt. F. Duncan, M.A., &c. 
The Sub-Committee at once placed itself in communication with the 
makers of large telescopes, and also- sought the advice of gentlemen 
actively engaged in the use of such instruments. One of the members 
was enabled, through the obliging kindness of Dr. Huggins, to examine 
the 15-in. refractor lately constructed for the Royal Society, and 
entrusted for special investigation to his care. 
After careful consideration, the Sub-Committee decided to commit 
the construction of the telescope to Mr. H. Grubb, of Dublin, who had 
given so much satisfaction in the case of the instrument just named ; 
and of others. 
