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21. EAP1190/1/7/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/8
Title:
Boyden Plate Box 18: Boyden Observatory, people and telescopes
Scope & Content:
A collection of images of telescopes at Boyden Observatory: the 24-inch Bruce Telescope, the 13-inch Boyden Refractor, the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope, and the early Sky Patrol camera. 2 images include Michiel John Bester, Observer at Boyden (1937-1982). A faded pencilled note on the plate box...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
14

22. 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

23. EAP1190/1/7/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/13
Title:
Boyden Plate Box 25: Solar eclipse, 1940 October 01
Scope & Content:
Two photographs of the Sun during a total eclipse. Faded pencilled notes on the plate box presumably secures the date and the location: "Sun (1940, Oct 1) 5 inch Voightlander lens" and "Murraysburg (eclipse) 1.5-inch Ross lens". n/a. Extent: 2 glass plates. Size and dimensions of original mat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
2

24. EAP1190/1/7/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/16
Title:
Boyden Plate Box 33: Boyden Observatory, aerial views
Scope & Content:
Two early (pre-1940) aerial views of Boyden Observatory, showing the telescope enclosures and other structures on the site. n/a. Extent: 2 glass plates. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/C...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
2

25. EAP1190/1/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/3
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor Spectrum Plates (7h0m to 12h59m) (Book 2)
Scope & Content:
Lists of stars, giving basic stellar data for each. Several stars are struck through, with numbers, presumably plate numbers, appended in pencil. Has 6 blank pages. No dates appear in the book. From the book cover: "13-inch Boyden / Spec. / 7h0m - 12h59 / 2.". n/a. Extent: 1 volume containing ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
26

26. EAP1190/1/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/4
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor (Plate Series X): Objective prism stellar spectra.
Scope & Content:
From the cover: "13-inch / [Plate series] X / Objective Prism / Absolute Magnitudes / New List / Also additional list of M stars / G+K stars / corresp. 2599 / 24 XII 1942 / Corresp. 13 Feb 1948 / C [underlined]". Appears to be a logbook for a project with the 13-inch Boyden Refractor, between ro...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
27

27. EAP1190/1/2/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/11
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor Spectrum Plates (13h00m to 21h24m) (Book 3)
Scope & Content:
Lists of stars, giving basic stellar data for each. Several stars are struck through, with numbers, presumably plate numbers, appended in pencil. No dates appear in the book. From the book cover: "13-inch Boyden / Spec. / 13h0m - 21h24m / 3". A loose small label, "UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE (BELGIQUE)"...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
35

28. EAP1190/1/2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/13
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor Double Star Programme (1925)
Scope & Content:
List of double stars, arranged by Struve Number, giving basic data for each star, followed by pencilled-in plate numbers where applicable. From a label on the cover, the programme is dated 1925 November 03. n/a. Extent: 1 volume containing 28 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: L...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
33

29. EAP1190/1/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/3/1
Title:
Boyden Observatory Monthly Weather Logs: 1970 December to 1974 February.
Scope & Content:
Monthly summary sheets, covering the period 1970 December to 1974 February. Time sheets, giving the names of observers, telescopes used, partner observatory and/or project name, and the number of hours of work per night, also include comments about weather conditions, for each day of the month. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
163

30. EAP1190/1/6/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/4
Title:
Boyden Photo Box 04: Arrival of the ADH Telescope
Scope & Content:
Majority of images concern the ADH Telescope: it's arrival at Bloemfontein railway station, Bart and Priscilla Bok at the station, and transport of the components in crates by a lorry to the observatory site. Includes a rare view of the construction of the ADH enclosure. Other photos show the 24...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
36