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EAP1190/1/7/8
- Record Id:
- 040-004403684
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882473.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/7/8
- Title:
- Boyden Plate Box 18: Boyden Observatory, people and telescopes
- Scope & Content:
-
A collection of images of telescopes at Boyden Observatory: the 24-inch Bruce Telescope, the 13-inch Boyden Refractor, the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope, and the early Sky Patrol camera. 2 images include Michiel John Bester, Observer at Boyden (1937-1982). A faded pencilled note on the plate box reads: "Aug '84 Misc Instr plates / dog". Unfortunately, no dogs appear on any of the plates. All the images are undated.
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Extent: 14 glass plates.
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.
Publisher(s): Left-to-Right.
Editor(s): Unrestricted.
Volume number: N/a.
Original institution reference: PLB18.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403599
040-004403684 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/7 : Photographic Plates
EAP1190/1/7/8 : Boyden Plate Box 18: Boyden Observatory, people and telescopes - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/7/8/1 : 24-inch Bruce Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/8/2 : 24-inch Bruce Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/8/3 : 24-inch Bruce Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/8/4 : 24-inch Bruce Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/8/5 : 24-inch Bruce Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/8/6 : 24-inch Bruce Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/8/7 : 24-inch Bruce Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/8/8 : 24-inch Bruce Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/8/9 : Michiel J. Bester with Sky Patrol camera
EAP1190/1/7/8/10 : 13-inch Boyden Refractor
EAP1190/1/7/8/11 : Plate holder at the Newtonian focus of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/8/12 : Plate holder at the Newtonian focus of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/8/13 : Plate holder of the 13-inch Boyden Refractor
EAP1190/1/7/8/14 : Michiel J. Bester with Sky Patrol camera
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/7/8 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0007]/036-004403599[0008]/040-004403684
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 14
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-7-8
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1994
- Date Range:
- 1891-1994
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC
- Former External References:
- PLB18
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by: Centre for Astronomical Heritage (CfAH)
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)