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Drawer 7 PC 1: RGO 101

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Contains 5 Results:

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'Airy's Altazimuth: drawings and plans', 1847 - 1855

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/9/1-9
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Nine drawings on paper, originally rolled together in a metal tube so labelled, with drawing numbers 8250-8257a. Arranged in order of drawing number.

Dates: 1847 - 1855
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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'Greenwich Astronomical Observations, 1847, Altitude and Altazimuth Instrument': Drawings for Plates I-IV, 1847

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/9/10-13
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Original drawings of plates I-IV [by George Airy?]

Dates: 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).
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'Greenwich Astronomical Observations, 1847, Altitude and Altazimuth Instrument': Prints of Plates I-IV, 1848

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/9/14-27
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Prints of Plates I-IV, many annotated in pencil [by George Airy]: Pl. I (four copies; three annotated, two marked 'Proof'), Pl. II (two copies; one annotated); Pl. III and IV (four copies of each; one of each annotated).

Dates: 1848
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 Drawings of Transit Instrument 3.B', 1848 - 1853

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/10/1-14
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A set of 14 drawings on paper of the RO Cape and RO Greenwich Transit Instrument(?s). Originally rolled together in brown paper so titled. Arranged in order of drawing number.

Dates: 1848 - 1853
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 of Airy's Transit Circle', 1848 - 1853

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/10/15-34
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20 drawings on paper originally rolled together and so labelled. Many are in colour. Arranged in order of drawing number.

Dates: 1848 - 1853
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).