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EAP1190/1/7/10
- Record Id:
- 040-004403705
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882500.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/7/10
- Title:
- Boyden Plate Box 20: Boyden Observatory, 60-inch telescope
- Scope & Content:
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A collection of images of the 60-inch telescope at Boyden Observatory, and its mounting, under construction. These form part of a series of images of the construction of this facility, which is dated to May 1932. A faded pencilled note on the plate box reads: "60[inch] telesc no2".
n/a.
Extent: 8 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: PLB20.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403599
040-004403705 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/7 : Photographic Plates
EAP1190/1/7/10 : Boyden Plate Box 20: Boyden Observatory, 60-inch telescope - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/7/10/1 : Installing the polar axis of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope.
EAP1190/1/7/10/2 : Installing the polar axis of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope.
EAP1190/1/7/10/3 : 60-inch Rockefeller north pier and drive
EAP1190/1/7/10/4 : 60-inch Rockefeller mirror cell and tube
EAP1190/1/7/10/5 : 60-inch Rockefeller mount under construction
EAP1190/1/7/10/6 : The plate holder at the Newtonian focus of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/10/7 : The plate holder at the Newtonian focus of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope
EAP1190/1/7/10/8 : The plate holder at the Newtonian focus of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/7/10 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0007]/036-004403599[0010]/040-004403705
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 8
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-7-10 (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.
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:
- PLB20
- 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)