Stonehenge
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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Barlaston - (about 80 years ago when wheat very dear) partly my field ploughed), 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 63: 94
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Bicentenary of the Armagh Observatory stamps: first day cover and special issue stamped envelope, 1990-10-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 97/9-10
Scope and Contents
First day cover of four stamps commemorating the bicentenary of the Armagh Planetarium, postmarked Armagh. The stamps were designed by Jeff Fisher and show: ‘Armagh Observatory, Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope and La Palma Telescope’ (22p), ‘Newton's Moon and Tides Diagram with Early Telescopes’ (26p), ‘Greenwich Old Observatory and Early Astronomical Equipment’ (31p), and ‘Stonehenge, Gyroscope and Navigating by Stars’ (37p). Also, printed envelope with the four stamps affixed, issued...
Dates:
1990-10-16
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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[ink diagrams of stone at Stonehenge embedded in raised earth], 1877-06-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 64.2: 82-83
Scope and Contents
Figure; by [unidentified] annotated by Charles Robert Darwin
(Figure)
Dates:
1877-06-19
Conditions Governing Access:
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[measurement of sloping ground near Stonehenge; with diagram], 1872-01-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 63: 70-71
Scope and Contents
Note; by William Erasmus Darwin pp-and Charles Robert Darwin on envelope addressed to William Erasmus Darwin December
(Note)
Dates:
1872-01-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Very clean looking chalk from the deepest part of chalk pit between Holwood & Leve's Green 20 or 30 feet below surface [percentage of other matter in various samples], 1848-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 65: 42
Scope and Contents
Note; by Sir Francis Darwin pp-and Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1848-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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From the Fonds:
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We took the following measurements at two rings near Stonehenge thus [with diagrams and tables], 1877-06-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 63: 118-127
Scope and Contents
Note; by Sir Horace Darwin pp Charles Robert Darwin; written at Stonehenge
(Note)
Dates:
1877-06-19
Conditions Governing Access:
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When I speak of carbonic acid in soil refer to the quasi-pebbles embedded for 29 years, 1872-01-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 63: 111
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1872-01-14
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.