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EAP1190/1/7/15
- Record Id:
- 040-004403752
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882553.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/7/15
- Title:
- Boyden Plate Box 32: Boyden Observatory, 60-inch dome construction
- Scope & Content:
-
A collection of images, from June 1931 to June 1932, showing progress on the construction of the turret for the 60-inch telescope at Boyden Observatory. Of special interest are two images which show the truss work being assembled in Johannesburg in the yard of the manufacturer. A faded pencilled note on the plate box reads: "60 inch Dome".
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Extent: 15 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: PLB32.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403599
040-004403752 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/7 : Photographic Plates
EAP1190/1/7/15 : Boyden Plate Box 32: Boyden Observatory, 60-inch dome construction - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/7/15/1 : Assembling the observing platform of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope.
EAP1190/1/7/15/2 : Assembly of the 60-inch enclosure at Hubert Davies & Co., Johannesburg.
EAP1190/1/7/15/3 : Assembly of the 60-inch roof truss at Hubert Davies & Co., Johannesburg.
EAP1190/1/7/15/4 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 November 11
EAP1190/1/7/15/5 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction.
EAP1190/1/7/15/6 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 November 21.
EAP1190/1/7/15/7 : Group photo during 60-inch Rockefeller building construction, 1931 July 16
EAP1190/1/7/15/8 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction.
EAP1190/1/7/15/9 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 November 16
EAP1190/1/7/15/10 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction.
EAP1190/1/7/15/11 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction.
EAP1190/1/7/15/12 : Group photo during construction of the 60-inch Rockefeller building, 1931.
EAP1190/1/7/15/13 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 November 21.
EAP1190/1/7/15/14 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction.
EAP1190/1/7/15/15 : 60-inch Rockefeller building under construction, 1931 November 29
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/7/15 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0007]/036-004403599[0015]/040-004403752
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 15
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-7-15 (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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- Former External References:
- PLB32
- 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)