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Box 11: RGO 101/1/QF/Y-Z, QG, QP/Y-Z, RD1/Y-Z & RI/Y-Z

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Contains 5 Results:

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QF: 'QF Equatorial Group, B Dome, 36" Refractor (Yapp)' and 'QI Equatorial Group. C Dome 34" Schmitt Camera Building & Dome', 1975-1976

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/1/QF
Scope and Contents

A set of 11 drawings originally rolled together and labelled 'QF Equatorial Group B Dome 36" Refractor (Yapp) and QI Equatorial Group C Dome 34" Schmitt Camera Building and Dome'. Includes Y and Z sized sheets. It is unclear which drawings relate to which of the two domes at RGO Herstmonceux.

Dates: 1975-1976
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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QP: Equatorial Group, F Dome, Visual Refractor, main structure, 1957 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/1/QP
Scope and Contents

A set of 42 drawings relating to the Visual Refractor in Dome F of the Equatorial Group of Telescopes at the Royal Observatory, Herstmonceux. They were originally rolled together and labelled 'QP Equatorial Group, F Dome, Visual Refractor, main structure, 1st system nos not m/f'. Includes V, W, X, Y and Z size drawings, V being the largest.

Dates: 1957 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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RD: Instrus. Dev. and Gen. User, 1971 - 1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/1/RD1
Scope and Contents

A set of 39 technical drawings, originally rolled together and labelled 'RD Instrus. [Instruments] Dev. and Gen. User, Drg Nos AZ/002, X/BA/001, X/BB/001 and V/FD/000'. Includes V, X, Y and Z sized sheets, V being the largest. Many (if not all) relate to instruments designed for the Isaac Newton Telescope at La Palma, including drawings of the Image Photon Counting System (I.P.C.S) which was first used in March 1984.

Dates: 1971 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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RI: Image Tubes General, 1971 - 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/1/RI
Scope and Contents

A set of 122 drawings, originally in two rolls labelled 'RI Image Tubes General, X3082-Y5752 (V and W size sheets)' and 'RI Image Tubes General, X3082-Y5752 (X,Y, and Z size sheets)'. Includes V, X, Y and Z sized sheets, V being the largest.

Dates: 1971 - 1981
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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QG: "C Dome Refrigeration Unit"/"Fridge and Air Drying Plant for Schmitt Camera", c.1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/1/QG
Scope and Contents

A set of 25 drawings of the fridge and air drying plant for Schmitt Camera A, located in in Dome F of the Equatorial Group of Telescopes at the Royal Observatory, Herstmonceux. Originally in a folder so labelled. Includes a set of 13 drawings of the 'Air Dryer Change Over Circuit'.

Dates: c.1962
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).