Top of Chapman's Peak, Cape Town, South Africa. Looking approximately south. 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. Scribe(s): Latin. Publishe...
Construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1931 July 22.
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Construction site seen from roughly west-southwest, showing the cutting into the bedrock within which the 60-inch building will be constructed. A metal and wood frame can be seen within the cutting. 13 people are visible. One holds a pick aloft. PLB35_0016, PB13_0029, and PB13_0011 are duplicate...
Assembly of the 60-inch enclosure in Johannesburg, 1931 June 04.
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Hand-written label: "THE 60[inch] turret of the BOYDEN STATION in the Johannesburg works / June 1931". LSB04_0014 and PLB32_0002 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 mate...
The 8-inch Bache Doublet and Herbst (Pulkovo) Transit buildings, 1931.
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Hand-written label: "BOYDEN STATION. - So. AFRICA / 8[inch]- BACHE Telescope / 1931". LSB04_0040, LSB04_0053, and PLB35_0027 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...
A three-camera instrument on an equatorial fork mount, set up outdoors.
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White dot glued on at bottom-left. LSB04_0044 and PLB16_0012 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)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Pu...
Meteorological station at the summit of El Misti, Harvard College Observatory.
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Printed label: "HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY". Hand-written: "D 12084 / I". Identification from Plate IX, Harvard Monographs 4 (1931). 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...
The 8-inch Bache Doublet and Herbst (Pulkovo) Transit buildings, 1931.
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Hand-written label: "BOYDEN STATION. - So. AFRICA. / 8[inch]-BACHE telescope. / (1931)". LSB04_0040, LSB04_0053, and PLB35_0027 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 mater...
Andrew Ainslie Common's 60-inch reflector, Harvard College Observatory, c1905.
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Printed label: "HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY". Hand-written: "E 8813", "2". 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): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publi...