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Subject Astronomical Observatories

11. 8560.i.22, 1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
8560.i.22, 1(3)
Title:
The equitorial camera [Camorta, Nicobar Islands]. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Showing the telescopic camera for the observation of the total solar eclipse at Camorta, being set up at the observation station by members of the Indian party.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1875
Extent:
1 item

12. 8560.i.22, 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
8560.i.22, 1(6)
Title:
The Browning Reflector and single prism spectroscope, as arranged for the eclipse [Camorta, Nicobar Islands]. Photographer: Waterhouse, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography View of equipment set up at the observing station of the Eclipse Expedition, with members of the Indian party posed beside them.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1875
Extent:
1 item

13. 8562.f.21(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
8562.f.21(2)
Title:
The Alta-Vista Observatory of 1856, at a height of 10,702 feet above the sea. From an enlarged camera-copy of photograph No. 42, in M.S. vol. 10, of Teneriffe Report. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography View from the neightbouring hillside, looking down onto the observatory buildings.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 item

14. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (1)
Title:
View of Meshed from Consulate roof (Observatory in foreground). Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view looking across rooftops.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

15. Maps 5.d.21(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 5.d.21(3)
Title:
Sternwarte bei Peking [Observatory at Peking]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards astronomical instruments standing on a brick terrace in the observatory at Peking.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

16. P.P.1931.k, 1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
P.P.1931.k, 1(13)
Title:
Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Photographer: Melhuish, Arthur James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Stereoscopic view, 'printed by A. J. Melhuish, under the superintendence of James Glaisher, Esqr. F.R.S.,' looking up the hillside towards the south face of the observatory, with descriptive text, pp. 17-24. The photograph has been bound out of place with the fo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 1168/1(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(88)
Title:
Bourbon [Reunion]. Observatory. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the street, looking towards the gateway and buildings beyond, of the observatory at Saint Denis.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 1168/2(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/2(1)
Title:
Delhi. Rajah Jey Sing's Observatory and ruins of the Old Palace. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Saché 124' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the structures of the Jantar Mantar, built by Sawai Jai Singh II in the 1720s, and situated in present-day New Delhi, south of Connaught Circus. Letterpress caption label pasted below...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 1184/1(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1184/1(59)
Title:
Peri Mahal and iris in foreground. Photographer: Godfrey, Stuart Hill
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of the ruined observatory of Pari Mahal, on the hillside above the Dal Lake at Srinagar, with a field of iris in bloom in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 1224/2(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(59)
Title:
Jeypore [Jaipur]. Old Observatory. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered in the negative but cropped in the print. Visited by the compiler of this album between 14th and 18th March, 1878. General view of the Jantar Mantar or Observatory, built by Jai Singh II between 1718 and 1734.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item