Telescope lenses and eye pieces, 1850 - 1900
File
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCRF 6/1/19
Scope and Contents
Three brass eyepieces in a box labelled 'Miss Smith' [Margaret Smith, Hertha Ayrton Research Fellow, then Fellow 1969-86); two pieces by John Browning, London in a wooden box; one lens by A Ross, London.
Dates
- Creation: 1850 - 1900
Extent
8 item(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to the Librarian by John Davies on his retirement. The items were stored in his room in College. Passed to the Archive, July 2005.
Date information
DateText: The dates are approximate based on John Browning's (1835-1925) period of productivity (he retired in 1905). Andrew Ross was productive in the mid-nineteenth century.
Originator(s)
Various
Finding aid date
2005-07-19 17:02:44+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Girton College Archive Repository
Contact:
The Archivist
Girton College Archive
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archive@girton.cam.ac.uk
The Archivist
Girton College Archive
Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 0JG United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 338897
archive@girton.cam.ac.uk