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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:
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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 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1994
- Date Range:
- 1891-1994
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
These collections are not available to request in British Library Reading Rooms.
Digital copies can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
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- 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)