| RefNo | PT/73/9/12 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, Madras Observatory interior by unknown artist |
| Date | [1821] |
| Description | Plate 14 showing three figures, one British and two Indian, taking an observation using a telescope and pendulum of the type used and described by Captain Henry Kater. Inscribed below, 'The interior of part of the Observatory at Madras [Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India] with the Pendulum of Experiment suspended, and the preparatory adjustments making before commencing the observations of each day.' An original version of the same caption appears verso, but has been cropped. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked 'Tacey Wisd & Co 1819'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Geodesy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations for ascertaining the length of the pendulum at Madras in the East Indies, latitude 13° 4' 9", 1 N. with the conclusions drawn from the same' by John Goldingham.
Read to the Royal Society on 31 January 1822 |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| PhysicalDescription | Watercolour on paper, with paper mount |
| Dimensions | 271x321mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0179 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1822.0016 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8719 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1206 | Kater; Henry (1777 - 1835) | 1777 - 1835 |
| NA1790 | Goldingham; John (c 1766 - 1849) | c 1766 - 1849 |