Box 1: RGO 113/1 - 2/3
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Sub-Series
Instrumentation for observatories: Papers and publicity, 1934 - 1967
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 113/1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Grubb Parsons Papers include papers on instrumentation for observatories, company publications, and items relating to the history of the company, including two personal albums by former employees.Series 1 is comprised of instrumentation papers. They include an article by Sir Howard Grubb Parsons and Company on the 36 Inch Reflecting Telescope for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich; a technical drawing and report on the 74” reflector built for the Radcliffe Observatory,...
Dates:
1934 - 1967
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
Publications and trade catalogues, 1857-c.1971
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 113/2
Scope and Contents
A set of 22 volumes of Heaton Works Journal by C.A. Parsons & Co., Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, and a selection of company brochures advertising astronomical instruments and optical glass.
Dates:
1857-c.1971
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).