Fascinating view of the instrument row under construction: (l.t.r.) Transit, 8-inch Bache, 3-inch Camera, 10-inch Metcalf, 13-inch Clarke, Bruce Telescope pier. The Residence and Office Building can also be seen. Old kraal and new fencing visible in left-foreground. Photo has uneven yellowish ca...
Looking down into the pit of the 60-inch Rockefeller, facing roughly south. The polar axis and declination counterweight are in place, as is the empty cradle for the telescope tube. The tube is shown at the right of the image, standing upright and encased in a wooden structure. The walls of the ...
John S. Paraskevopoulos with a mounted three-camera instrument
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John S. Paraskevopoulos standing next to an equatorial fork mount, carrying three cameras, on a temporary stand. On the far right is a plank of wood, planted vertically, carrying a mechanical device consisting of a chain, weights, and gears. The chain runs to the mount and is presumably a drive ...
Construction of the 60-inch building, seen from the south-west looking squarely at the entrance. The curtain wall around the courtyard is complete. The walls of the turret are clad in a dark material. The two ancillary buildings next to the turret are in place, and their roofs are tiled. A "RANS...
Looking west-northwest from the roof of the Office Building. A side-building is to the north of the garage. On the right of the image, two people can be seen. In the right foreground is an elevated transformer and power transmission lines. On the ground near it is an oval paved area, on which st...
Street scene. An unidentified male stands besides a motorcar parked on a dirt road. Behind the wheel of the vehicle is an unidentified female. In the background, behind a fence, is a single-story building with a veranda and multiple windows. Behind the building a multi-bladed windpump is partial...
Interior view of the 60-inch mount being assembled. The polar axis appears in place, suspended by a hook. Two people are visible at the left of the image, next to the south pier. Outside the pit near the top-left of frame, the mount cradle and telescope tube in a wooden frame are partially visib...
A. W. Roberts' handwritten notes and observations of R Trianguli Australis (Part 1 of 3).
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Handwritten notes, diagrams, light curves, and observations (from 1891 to 1913) of R TrA (5465), written as "R Trianguli". Note: Several of the pages of observations seem to be in disorder. Previously listed as R066. Found in a brown paper wrapped bundle (T 85 mm), tied with string, labelled "R ...
Printed label: "HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY". Hand-written: "No. B9 = D19382 24[inch] Bruce Refractor". 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)/Creator(s): Engli...