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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
- 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:
- 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)
- Subjects:
- Animals
Architecture
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Clothing and Dress
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Landscapes - Places:
- South Africa, Africa
