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EAP1190/1/7/9
- Record Id:
- 040-004403699
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882492.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/7/9
- Title:
- Boyden Plate Box 19: Boyden Observatory, telescopes (Set 2)
- Scope & Content:
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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, which is dated 1931. Three images are of the 74-inch Reflector of Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, South Africa. A faded pencilled note on the plate box reads: "[Murrays]burg, Cradock". None of the plates are taken near these towns. However, a different collection of plates show street scenes in Murraysburg, possibly in relation to a total solar eclipse in 1940 which was visible from Cradock.
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Extent: 5 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: PLB19.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403599
040-004403699 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/7 : Photographic Plates
EAP1190/1/7/9 : Boyden Plate Box 19: Boyden Observatory, telescopes (Set 2) - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/7/9/1 : 74-inch Radcliffe Reflector, Pretoria
EAP1190/1/7/9/2 : Pinned up photograph of the 74-inch Radcliffe Reflector in the Grubb-Parsons workshop.
EAP1190/1/7/9/3 : 74-inch Radcliffe Reflector, Pretoria
EAP1190/1/7/9/4 : The 24-inch Bruce Telescope with open roof and two people, 1931.
EAP1190/1/7/9/5 : Adjusting the 13-inch refractor (3 of 3)
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/7/9 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0007]/036-004403599[0009]/040-004403699
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 5
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-7-9 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
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- 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.
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Digital copies can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
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- Former External References:
- PLB19
- 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)