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1. 8562.f.21

Reference (shelfmark):
8562.f.21
Title:
Report on the Teneriffe astronomical experiment of 1856, addressed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by C. Piazzi Smyth, F.R.SS. L. & E., F.R.A.S., and H. M. Astronomer for Scotland. Photographer(s): Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London and Edinburgh: Printed by Richard Taylor and William Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, and Neill and Company, High Street, Edinburgh. 1858 [1859]. Quarto volume, quarter leather and brown pebbled cloth binding, measuring 290 x 233 mm, coat of arms in gilt and upper...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856-1858
Extent:
2 items

2. 8562.f.21(Titlepage)

Reference (shelfmark):
8562.f.21(Titlepage)
Title:
Stereoscopic map of the peak and great crater of Teneriffe. From a model by J. Nasmyth, Esq., C.E., founded on data procured by the Expedition. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
Scope & Content:
Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic double, mounted on the titlepage.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

3. 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