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881. EAP1190/1/7/8/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/8/6
Title:
24-inch Bruce Telescope
Scope & Content:
Oblique front view of the north pier showing the exposed drive assembly, polar axis, and back-end of the telescope. PLB18_0002 and PLB18_0006 are from a similar vantage point. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. C...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

882. EAP1190/1/7/8/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/8/7
Title:
24-inch Bruce Telescope
Scope & Content:
Oblique side view of the north pier showing the exposed drive assembly, polar axis, and back-end of the telescope. PLB18_0007 and PLB18_0005 are from a similar vantage point. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

883. EAP1190/1/7/8/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/8/8
Title:
24-inch Bruce Telescope
Scope & Content:
Side view of the north pier, lower polar axis, and back-end of telescope. Fecker name plate visible, dated 1928. Related to PLB18_0004 and PLB18_0001. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original mate...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

884. EAP1190/1/7/8/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/8/9
Title:
Michiel J. Bester with Sky Patrol camera
Scope & Content:
Michiel J. Bester with Sky Patrol camera, looking south-southeast. Rails on the paved ground for a run-off roof. A second instrument enclosure (closed) is in the background. Plate is tarnished. PLB18_0014, PLB11_0001, and PLB18_0009 are similar. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

885. EAP1190/1/7/8/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/8/10
Title:
13-inch Boyden Refractor
Scope & Content:
Side view of the back-end of the 13-inch Refractor, showing the plate holder. The eyepiece end of the finder telescope is also shown. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Au...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

886. EAP1190/1/7/8/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/8/11
Title:
Plate holder at the Newtonian focus of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope
Scope & Content:
Near-side-on view of the plate holder at the Newtonian focus. Top end of the telescope is shrouded. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

887. EAP1190/1/7/8/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/8/12
Title:
Plate holder at the Newtonian focus of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope
Scope & Content:
Oblique view of the plate holder at the Newtonian focus. Maker's mark clearly visible: "J.W.FECKER. / PITTSBURGH.PA: / 1931". Top end of the telescope is shrouded. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

888. EAP1190/1/7/8/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/8/13
Title:
Plate holder of the 13-inch Boyden Refractor
Scope & Content:
Interesting view of the 13-inch Boyden Refractor, looking more-or-less along the tube, with the plate holder foremost. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Creator...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

889. EAP1190/1/7/8/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/8/14
Title:
Michiel J. Bester with Sky Patrol camera
Scope & Content:
Michiel J. Bester with Sky Patrol camera, looking south-southeast. Rails on the paved ground for a run-off roof. A second instrument enclosure (closed) is in the background. Plate is tarnished. PLB18_0014, PLB11_0001, and PLB18_0009 are similar. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

890. EAP1190/1/7/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9
Title:
Boyden Plate Box 19: Boyden Observatory, telescopes (Set 2)
Scope & Content:
A collection of images of telescopes. Two are of telescopes at Boyden: the 24-inch Bruce and the 13-inch Refractor. The image of the 13-inch telescope clearly belongs to a set in a different Plate Box. All the images are undated, but the plate of the Bruce telescope has a matching lantern slide,...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
5