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Mr H. W. Newton, Assistant-in-Charge, standing by the Greenwich Meridian on a public footpath outside the Observatory (Photographic print)
Meridian Observatory exterior (Photographic print)
Mr H. W. Newton, Assistant-in-Charge, standing by the Greenwich Meridian on a public footpath ourside the Observatory (Photographic print)
South Building under construction (Photographic print)
South Building exterior (Photographic print)
War damage at the Observatory (Photographic print)
Royal Observatory Hockey Club (Photographic print)
Air raid damage to Altazimuth Pavilion (Photographic print)
Frank Dyson with Amanullah Khan at the Royal Observatory (Photographic print)
A group of observers and maintenance engineers adjusting the Yapp spectroscope (Photographic print)
William Bower and E. Walter Maunder at the half-prism spectroscope attached to the 12-inch refractor (Photographic print)
Yapp Dome, Christie Enclosure, from inside (Photographic print)
Portrait of workshop foreman Woodman (Photographic print)
Portrait of Martin at plate measuring machine (Photographic print)
Frank Dyson with visitors at the Great Equatorial telescope (Photographic print)
Altazimuth Pavilion, Great Equatorial Dome, roof of Flamsteed House, Store (Photographic print)
Altazimuth Pavilion and Main Store (Photographic print)
Flamsteed House and courtyard, view from Meridian Observatory roof (Photographic print)
Airy Transit Building exterior (Photographic print)
Great Equatorial Dome exterior and Royal Observatory boundary fence (Photographic print)
Thompson 26-in refractor (Photographic print)
William M. Witchell with anemometer recorder (Photographic print)
Astronomical friends who celebrated with Mr. William Ellia on his eighty-fifth birthday (Photographic print)
Thompson 26-in refractor with 13-in guiding telescope (Photographic print)
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