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Not on Ian Glass's original listing is the 40 inch optics made for Pic du Midi Observatory France. This is particularly interesting as the telescope (tube and mount made in France) was funded by NASA to photograph the moon as part of the space programme. Ref: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4K1lh1I6-1wC&pg=PA366&lpg=PA366&dq=grubb+parsons+pic+du+midi&source=bl&ots=WELkKpZHl6&sig=kVQXqC8--WFGWsnugDnMjfoQIhk&hl=en&ei=vFp_TfHyA5S0hAf8s-2uBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=grubb%20parsons%20pic%20du%20midi&f=false
An interesting account of the telescope can be fond here: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/280333.pdf
A couple of images showing the observatory with the 40 inch optics....
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