Drawer 6 PC 1: RGO 101
Container
Contains 6 Results:
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Engravings of Greenwich, undated [c.1715]
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/1
Scope and Contents
Six prints of engravings drawn by Ca. Campbell. All have a page number in top right corner.
Dates:
undated [c.1715]
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).
Item
A.A.T. Exposure Meter "P.C.B. Artwork", 1973-08-13
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/1/XA/M1/13
Scope and Contents
Drawing SES 1026-C. Scale: 2:1. Diagram made by sticking black tape onto tracing paper. Drawn by Southern Electronic Services Ltd.
Dates:
1973-08-13
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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Two colour drawings of the Royal Observatory by John Evelagh, c.1760s
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/2
Scope and Contents
Two watercolours showing a section drawing and plan of Flamsteed House and the Great Observatory [Octagon Room]. Both are signed by John Evelagh.
Dates:
c.1760s
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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RO Greenwich: Drawings of the Northumberland Telescope and Dome, c.1843
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/3
Scope and Contents
A set of drawings in pencil [by George Airy] - original drawings for the plates used in Airy's book, Account of the Northumberland Equatoreal and Dome, attached to the Cambridge Observatory, 1843/4'. Each is marked with a sheet number (1-9, 11-19) and bears figure and plate numbers, along with occasional notes to the engraver. The pencil line is very faint in places. Sheet 9 (Plate 8) shows a colour exterior view of the dome [RGO 101/2/3/9].
Dates:
c.1843
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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Sheepshanks's Comparing Apparatus, undated [c.1843-1857]
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/4
Scope and Contents
Richard Sheepshanks was a member of both the Commission of 1838 for considering the modes of restoring the national standards of weight and length, and of the Commission of 1843 for superintending the actual constructions. In 1844 he volunteered to undertake the reconstruction of the standard of length. As part of this work, conducted in a cellar beneath the Royal Astronomical Society's rooms at Somerset House, he commissioned a Comparing Apparatus which would be both mechanically firm and...
Dates:
undated [c.1843-1857]
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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Plans and Sections of the Buildings of the Royal Observatory Greenwich 1846 December, Dec. 1846
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/8
Scope and Contents
A large volume containing 13 bound plans and drawings in black ink; some with blue and grey wash. All are at scale 10 feet to an inch.
Dates:
Dec. 1846
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).