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611. EAP1190/1/6/8/57

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/8/57
Title:
Lagoon (Messier 8) and Trifid (Messier 20) Nebulae.
Scope & Content:
Circular high-contrast image on a black background. Written at edge (on original print): "ADH 534". PB12_0057 and PB11_0031 are derivatives. Written on back: "Plate 2." and "Top". n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 21cm, width 16cm. Condition of origi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

612. EAP1190/1/6/10/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/10/3
Title:
The 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope.
Scope & Content:
Undated page from an unknown magazine. The 60-inch (or 1.52-m Boyden UOFS Telescope) is viewed from below, within the pit, looking up to the opened dome slit. The south pier is painted green, the mount is blue, and the telescope tube and mirror cell is off-white. PB14_0003 and another are on rev...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

613. EAP1190/1/6/10/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/10/14
Title:
Boyden Observatory aerial view, 1932.
Scope & Content:
Handwritten at top of image: "1932". Caption below in English and Afrikaans: "AERIAL VIEW OF THE HARVARD SOUTHERN STATION DURING ERECTION OF THE SIXTY INCH REFLECTOR". n/a. Extent: 1 photograph, mounted on card. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 19cm, width 21cm. Condition of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

614. EAP1190/1/6/11/56

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/11/56
Title:
Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Scope & Content:
Image has sepia-like tint. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to-Right. Editor(s): Unrestricted. Volume number: N/a. Original institution reference: PB15_P0644.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

615. EAP1190/1/6/11/67

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/11/67
Title:
Peter Martinez and Matie Hoffmann, Sutherland.
Scope & Content:
Peter Martinez and Matie Hoffmann at the 40-inch (1-m) telescope at SAAO, Sutherland. The Peoples' Photometer (set up with two photomultipliers and pulse counting) and autoguider are attached to the telescope. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Creat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

616. EAP1190/1/2/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/12
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor (Plate Series X): Imaging and Spectrography Programmes (1922-1924)
Scope & Content:
Title from cover: "X / 13-inch Boyden / EPEMERIS". Several programmes for direct photography and spectrography, giving lists of targets with subsequent pencilled-in plate numbers. Typed pages, pasted in to the book, describe the procedure to follow for "out-of-focus work", giving equipment setti...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
33

617. EAP1190/1/5/2/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5/2/19
Title:
Looking east from the Administrative Building, 1931 November 29.
Scope & Content:
Hand-written label: "BOYDEN STATION. - So. AFRICA / Nov. 29, 1931 / 10 [circled]". LSB04_0019 and PLB36_0006 are derivatives. n/a. Extent: 1 lantern slide. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2 cm, width 10.2 cm, thickness 0.2 cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Autho...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

618. EAP1190/1/5/2/26

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5/2/26
Title:
Boyden Observatory and the Chachani volcanic group, Arequipa, Peru.
Scope & Content:
Printed label: "HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY". Hand-written: "No. O 1019 / Arequipa Station. / Showing Chachani.". White dot glued on to the label. n/a. Extent: 1 lantern slide. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2 cm, width 10.2 cm, thickness 0.2 cm. Condition of original mat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

619. EAP1190/1/5/2/48

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5/2/48
Title:
Looking east from the Administrative Building, 1931 November 29.
Scope & Content:
Hand-written label: "BOYDEN STATION - So. AFRICA / 1931 Nov. 29". LSB04_0019, LSB04_0048, and PLB36_0006 are derivatives. n/a. Extent: 1 lantern slide. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2 cm, width 10.2 cm, thickness 0.2 cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

620. EAP1190/1/6/3/30

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/3/30
Title:
Upper end of 60-inch Rockefeller.
Scope & Content:
Two people, one standing on two metal bars criss-crossed inside the tube. PB03_0028 and PB03_0030 are related. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 9cm, width 14cm. Condition of original material: Moderate damage (curled, water damage). Author(s)/Creat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1