In the Dark

Just after I arrived in Barcelona, I posted a piece about the telescope in the foyer of the Physics Department:

I’m indebted to Vicent Martínez for the following information and the picture:

Ignacio Tarzaona bought the telescope in 1906 for the University of Barcelona from the Grubb factory in Dublin. Sir Howard Grubb (son of Thomas Grubb, founder of the Grubb Telescope Company) and Ignacio Tarazona actually knew each other well. In this photograph taken in Berrocalillo (Spain) on May 28, 1900, we can see both of them. The man farthest to the right of all, standing and wearing a “Catalan barretina” is Ignacio Tarazona and Sir Howard Grubb is sitting in the front row, fifth from left with his Panama hat on his knee.

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