RefNo | NLB/11/34 |
AltRefNo | NLB/11 p16 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy list of exhibits, photographic exhibition, Imperial [Institute] |
Date | [April 1895] |
Description | A list of nine photographic exhibits: the normal solar spectrum by Mr George Higgs FRAS; a series of star and nebulae photographs 1886-1894 by Dr Isaac Roberts FRS, the sun's surface as observed by James Nasmyth, 1864; two large photographic negatives of the sun taken at the observatory near Meudon, 1878 presented to the Royal Society by Janssen, Foreign Member, Royal Society; enlarged photograph of the moon by Warren de la Rue FRS presented to the Royal Society 1864; stars about Argus and star clusters in Argus by Dr Gill FRS, Cape Observatory; Commandant Defforges' pendulum apparatus as mounted in the safe room, Royal Observatory Greenwich 1888; enlarged photographs of the astronomical instruments and views of the grounds of the cape of Good Hope Observatory; four photographic negatives of the total solar eclipse from Grenada, 1886. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Carbon |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | see NLB/11/30 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7133 | Roberts; Isaac (1829 - 1904) | 1829 - 1904 |
NA3837 | Rue; Warren de la (1815 - 1889); chemist and astronomer | 1815 - 1889 |
NA6654 | Gill; Sir; David (1843 - 1914); astronomer | 1843 - 1914 |