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EAP1190/1/7/21
- Record Id:
- 040-004403850
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882660.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/7/21
- Title:
- Boyden Plate Box 39: Boyden Observatory, 60-inch telescope
- Scope & Content:
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A valuable series of images documenting progress, during May 1932, on the assembly of the 60-inch telescope and mounting. Of particular interest is an earlier image of 3 steam wagons carting the 60-inch telescope parts to the site.
n/a.
Extent: 18 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: PLB39.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403599
040-004403850 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/7 : Photographic Plates
EAP1190/1/7/21 : Boyden Plate Box 39: Boyden Observatory, 60-inch telescope - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/7/21/1 : Polar axis of 60-inch being installed.
EAP1190/1/7/21/2 : J.S. Paraskevopoulos with the polar axis of 60-inch being lifted into place.
EAP1190/1/7/21/3 : Rear section of the 60-inch in the telescope pit, looking south-east
EAP1190/1/7/21/4 : Polar axis of 60-inch being installed.
EAP1190/1/7/21/5 : Mirror end of the 60-inch
EAP1190/1/7/21/6 : Unknown male with the polar axis of 60-inch being lifted into place.
EAP1190/1/7/21/7 : Unknown male with the mount of 60-inch telescope being assembled.
EAP1190/1/7/21/8 : Polar axis of 60-inch being installed, looking south.
EAP1190/1/7/21/9 : Offloading the 60-inch telescope tube from a steam wagon
EAP1190/1/7/21/10 : The 60-inch Rockefeller telescope, looking south-east
EAP1190/1/7/21/11 : Transporting the polar axis of the 60-inch telescope on rails
EAP1190/1/7/21/12 : Assembling the mounting of the 60-inch telescope.
EAP1190/1/7/21/13 : Polar axis of the 60-inch telescope being lowered into place.
EAP1190/1/7/21/14 : The 60-inch Rockefeller telescope and observer platform, looking west.
EAP1190/1/7/21/15 : The 60-inch Rockefeller telescope, looking south-west
EAP1190/1/7/21/16 : Installing the mount of the 60-inch
EAP1190/1/7/21/17 : Three steam wagons carting the 60-inch telescope parts, 1930 June.
EAP1190/1/7/21/18 : Partially completed mount of the 60-inch
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/7/21 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0007]/036-004403599[0021]/040-004403850
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 18
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-7-21 (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.
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- Former External References:
- PLB39
- 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)