Photographs relating to the Old Royal Observatory.
Photographs of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich including a photograph of the Queen's House and National Maritime Museum from the Royal Observatory; a photograph of the Wolfe Statue; four post cards of an aerial view of the Royal Observatory; a view of the Royal Observatory from the park; a photograph of the Shepherd gate clock; a photograph of inside the Shepherd gate clock showing the solenoids in about 1930 after the top set of solenoids had been removed; two photographs of Airy’s Transit Circle housed in the meridian building taken after 1920 showing the impersonal micrometre fitted in 1915 and a new rheostat knob has been fitted and the contact wheel cover closed; three photographs of the Great Equatorial telescope 28-inch Refractor (1893) taken late 1920s to early 1930s also The Yapp Telescope in the Yapp Dome in 1935 with the slit-less spectroscope attached; three photographs of the Altazimuth Pavilion, one of The Altazimuth Pavilion in about 1930 with the building to the right is the 'New Library' erected in 1881, one in about 1930 featuring the New Physical Building is in the background and one with the Great Equatorial Building behind; one photograph of the south building formally known as New Physical Building; and two postcards of Herstmonceux Castle.
Record Details
Item reference: | HSR/P/1/1; MS1972/058 MSS/72/058 |
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Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
Level: | ITEM |
Extent: | 1 folder |
Date made: | 1920-1950 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Photographs relating to the Old Royal Observatory. (Manuscript) (HSR/P/1/1)
- Photographs belonging to Richard Thomas Cullen mostly of telescopes at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. (Manuscript) (HSR/P/1/2)
- Photos taken of telescopes at Greenwich before their move to Herstmonceux. (Manuscript) (HSR/P/1/3)
- Photos of the move of Cooke's Reversible Transit Circle from Greenwich to Herstmonceux. (Manuscript) (HSR/P/1/4)
- Photographs of space taken with telescopes around the world. (Manuscript) (HSR/P/1/5)
- Three photographs, one of the moon, one of the sun and one photograph of staff at Greenwich. (Manuscript) (HSR/P/1/6)
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