| RefNo | PT/73/11/24 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagram, transit telescope construction by unknown artist |
| Date | [1825] |
| Description | Plate 28 containing seven diagrams showing the construction of various parts of the transit telescope at Cambridge Observatory. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Each figure is accompanied by a caption written in ink that corresponds to the captions appearing on the printed plate. A pencil inscription in the bottom right reads 'Js [James] Basire sculpt.' Not signed. Watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill'. Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Scientific Instruments
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Some account of the transit instrument made by Mr. Dollond, and lately put up at the Cambridge Observatory' by Robert Woodhouse.
Read to the Royal Society on 19 May 1825. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | 436x272mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1825.0019 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0265 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8096 | Woodhouse; Robert (1773 - 1827) | 1773 - 1827 |