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1. EAP1190/1/7/9/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9/1
Title:
74-inch Radcliffe Reflector, Pretoria
Scope & Content:
Interior of the 74-inch building at Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, showing the telescope and polar axis, from the north-west. The telescope is to the east. Note the protective string-tied wrappings around the circles, secondary assemblage, and elsewhere. Stencilled on one of the dome trusses is "R...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

2. EAP1190/1/7/9/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9/2
Title:
Pinned up photograph of the 74-inch Radcliffe Reflector in the Grubb-Parsons workshop.
Scope & Content:
A photograph, held in place with drawing pins on a wooden background, showing the 74-inch Radcliffe Reflector in the Grubb-Parsons workshop. Location unknown. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original mate...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

3. EAP1190/1/7/9/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9/3
Title:
74-inch Radcliffe Reflector, Pretoria
Scope & Content:
Interior of the 74-inch building at Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, showing the north pier, the RA assembly and the mirror end of the telescope, seen from below and looking south-west. The telescope is to the east. Note the protective string-tied wrappings around the circles. Below the mirror cell ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

4. EAP1190/1/7/9/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9/5
Title:
Adjusting the 13-inch refractor (3 of 3)
Scope & Content:
Three people inside the 13-inch building, at the eyepiece end of the 13-inch refractor, which is pointed nearly vertically. The back end of the refractor is missing. One of the persons is standing on top of a ladder beneath the open end of the tube and is almost wholly inside the tube. The two other...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

5. EAP1190/1/7/9/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9/4
Title:
The 24-inch Bruce Telescope with open roof and two people, 1931.
Scope & Content:
The 24-inch Bruce telescope and enclosure, seen looking north-northeast. The roof is open and the telescope is east of the pier, pointing north-west. The dewcap has been removed. Two people stand near the counterweight. A packing crate lies near the north-west corner of the building, and another nea...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

6. 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, whi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
5

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