Box 29: RGO 101/1/SK/X/93b, 2/5 & 18, 3/6/3/2, 4 & 25-34
Container
Contains 4 Results:
File
'Plan of the Buildings & Grounds of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, [1845] with explanation and history' by George Airy, 1845-1847
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/5
Scope and Contents
'Extracted from the introduction to the Greenwich Observations'. Reprints for the years 1847 (seven duplicate copies), with 1845 'addendum' version titled 'Royal Observatory, Greenwich Plan of the Buildings and Grounds'.
Dates:
1845-1847
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).
File
28" Refractor, Royal Observatory Greenwich, 1879 and c.1885-1893
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/18
Scope and Contents
A set of technical drawings of the 28" Refractor from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich; many are fragments. The refractor was ordered in 1885 from Sir Howard Grubb of Dublin and brought into use in 1893 when it was installed in the Great Equatorial Building. It went out of active use during the war until 1957, when it was moved to the new observatory buildings at Herstmonceux and mounted in Equatorial Dome F for active use. It was later donated to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich...
Dates:
1879 and c.1885-1893
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).
File
Unit Specth. [Spectrograph] Polarisation Analyser, undated (c.1974) and 1980
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/1/SK/X/93
Scope and Contents
Drawing No. X SK 281. Scale: 1/1. In pencil on tracing paper with printed border. Drawn by C. West. Five related photocopied drawings were originally attached by paperclip (now in a separate folder); each are numbered in blue ink 'X SK 281/1-5' and signed M. Waite 4/80.
Dates:
undated (c.1974) and 1980
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).
Sub-Series
SK: RGO Sketches, 1954-1976 and 1981-1983
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/1/SK
Scope and Contents
A miscellaneous set of drawings relating to various telescopes and buildings, including the Anglo Australian Telescope (A.A.T.), Isaac Newton Telescope (I.N.T.), Cook Reversible Transit Circle (R.T.C.), the Yapp Spectrograph, the 150" Stellar Telescope at Kitt Peak and the Unit Spectrograph, Pretoria. Also included are drawings of the proposed sundial for the 1975 RGO tercentenary celebration. Originally rolled together in five rolls titled 'SK RGO Sketches'. Includes drawings of three sizes...
Dates:
1954-1976 and 1981-1983
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).