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For a wonderful video of the Issac Newton 98 inch telescope see: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=45009
The 98 inch Issac Newton Telescope at Grubb Parsons.
The INT at Herstmonceux
Lee T Macdonald has written an excellent account of the 98 inch mirror which can be found here: http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/int_info/Macdonald_INT_Mirror.pdf
The 98 inch mirror on the grinding machine.
Inspecting the 98 inch mirror
Anthony Wilson has written an excellent book on the INT. I had the pleasure of attending a talk given by him at the Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux, 2010.
The book is available here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Isaac-Newton-Telescope-Herstmonceux-Palma/dp/0951239422
Article by Richard Woolley...here
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