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851. 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

852. 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

853. 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

854. 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

855. 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

856. 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

857. EAP1190/1/7/9/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9/1
Title:
74-inch Radcliffe Reflector, Pretoria
Scope & Content:
Interior of the 74-inch building at Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, showing the telescope and polar axis, from the north-west. The telescope is to the east. Note the protective string-tied wrappings around the circles, secondary assemblage, and elsewhere. Stencilled on one of the dome trusses i...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

858. EAP1190/1/7/9/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9/2
Title:
Pinned up photograph of the 74-inch Radcliffe Reflector in the Grubb-Parsons workshop.
Scope & Content:
A photograph, held in place with drawing pins on a wooden background, showing the 74-inch Radcliffe Reflector in the Grubb-Parsons workshop. Location unknown. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of origi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

859. EAP1190/1/7/9/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9/3
Title:
74-inch Radcliffe Reflector, Pretoria
Scope & Content:
Interior of the 74-inch building at Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, showing the north pier, the RA assembly and the mirror end of the telescope, seen from below and looking south-west. The telescope is to the east. Note the protective string-tied wrappings around the circles. Below the mirror c...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

860. EAP1190/1/7/9/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9/4
Title:
The 24-inch Bruce Telescope with open roof and two people, 1931.
Scope & Content:
The 24-inch Bruce telescope and enclosure, seen looking north-northeast. The roof is open and the telescope is east of the pier, pointing north-west. The dewcap has been removed. Two people stand near the counterweight. A packing crate lies near the north-west corner of the building, and another...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

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