Drawer 8 PC 1: RGO 101
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Sub-Sub-Series
'Plans of Airy's Transit Circle', 1848 - 1853
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/10/15-34
Scope and Contents
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).
File
'Greenwich Observations 1852 Description of Transit Circle', Plates I-XVI, 1852
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/10/35-50
Scope and Contents
A set of original drawings for Plates I-XVI of Airy's 1852 publication, 'Description of the Transit Circle for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich'. All are drawn in pencil on card and are titled. Many have additional annotations.
Dates:
1852
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Maps, Plans and Technical Drawings
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Plans and drawings of Royal Observatory buildings and telescopes at Greenwich
/
Airy's Transit Instrument
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'Description of the Transit Circle for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich': Plate drawings
File
'Greenwich Observations 1852 Description of Transit Circle', preliminary drawings for plates, 1852
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/10/51-81
Scope and Contents
Various drawings of Airy's Transit Circle. Most or all are preliminary plate drawings for Airy's 1852 publication, 'Description of the Transit Circle for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich', drawn in pencil (bulk) or pencil and ink. Many are untitled. Includes a set numbered I-XI.
Dates:
1852
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Maps, Plans and Technical Drawings
/
Plans and drawings of Royal Observatory buildings and telescopes at Greenwich
/
Airy's Transit Instrument
/
'Description of the Transit Circle for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich': Plate drawings
Sub-Sub-Series
New Equatorial [larger size], 1856-1857, 1887 and c.1970s (copy)
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/2/11/1-94
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The Merz 12.8-inch Telescope was ordered in 1855 and brought into use in 1860. It was the Observatory's largest equatorially mounted refractor until the arrival of the 13-inch Astrographic Telescope in 1890. Both the telescope and its mounting were designed by George Airy and were referred to together as either the Great Equatorial or the South-East Equatorial. The telescope had an object glass of 12.8-inches diameter and a focal length of 17 feet 10 inches.
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Dates:
1856-1857, 1887 and c.1970s (copy)
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).