| RefNo | HS/19/223 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Description of [George] Bishop's Observatory, South Villa, Regent's Park, by [John Russell Hind] |
| Date | 1840s |
| Description | Description of the set-up of the observatory from which John Russell Hind worked between 1845 and 1854. Creation by astronomer George Bishop (1785-1861), the instruments (11 feet refractor telescope made by Dollond; micrometer; transit; altitude and azimuth instrument by Troughton; sidereal clock by Barraud; night-glass by Dollond; sidereal chronometer by Arnold; standard thermometer by Dollond); their set-up (concrete base, stone pillar); furniture (mahogany chair, for which the maker received Society of Arts medal); the astronomical focus (double stars; comet; corrections of Bessel & Lalande Hist. Celeste); meteorological observations (daily barometric and temperature; no magnetic observations).
The attribution to John Russell Hind was made as a pencil note at the end of the paper. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3 ff. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Place origin | n.p. |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA7673 | Hind; John Russell (1823 - 1895); astronomer | 1823 - 1895 |
| NA5551 | Bishop; George (1785 - 1861) | 1785 - 1861 |