Dunsink

The observatory of Dunsink registered in all eleven shocks, all of the fifth grade of Mercalli's scale, and there is no record extant of a similar seismic disturbance in our island since the earthquake of 1534, the year of the rebellion of Silken Thomas.

Ulysses James Joyce 1911

It's the clock is worked by an electric wire from Dunsink.

Ulysses James Joyce 1911

Certainly it is the method regularly employed, at Dunsink, at the Cape of Good Hope, and everywhere else where stellar parallax is part of the work.

Pioneers of Science Oliver Lodge 1895

F.R.S. This communication shows the extensive design that had been originally intended for Dunsink, only a part of which was, however, carried out.

Great Astronomers 1876

The climate of Dunsink is well suited for astronomical observation.

Great Astronomers 1876

Before the work was commenced at Dunsink, the Board thought it expedient to appoint the first Professor of Astronomy.

Great Astronomers 1876

They had, however, assurances from Ramsden that the instrument would be completed within the year; but, alas for such promises, another seven years rolled on, and in 1799 the place for the great circle was still vacant at Dunsink.

Great Astronomers 1876

He did not; but in the next year (1808), about twenty-three years after the great circle was ordered, it was erected at Dunsink, where it is still to be seen.

Great Astronomers 1876

In his early years at Dunsink, Hamilton did make some attempts at a practical use of the telescopes, but he possessed no natural aptitude for such work, while exposure which it involved seems to have acted injuriously on his health.

Great Astronomers 1876

The golden moments I enjoyed under your hospitable roof at Dunsink, or moments such as they were, may probably never again fall to my lot.

Great Astronomers 1876