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Plans of Allegheny Observatory, Allegheny City. Found in 'The Brickbuilder' Vol. 9 No. 6 Plates 41 and 48.
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Cambridge Observatory, circa 1829.
Coloured print, possibly by J. & H.S. Storer of Cambridge.
Framed and mounted, 26x21cm.
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Cambridge Observatory, circa 1830's.
From the title page of the Cambridge Observations Vol. VI (1834)
Engraving 120x52 mm. Apollo

Aerial Photograph of the Cambridge Observatories, post 1960.
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View looking South West from top of Cambridge Observatory, circa 1900. 18x12 cm.
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Plans of Cambridge Observatory, 1820's.
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John Mead drawing of Cambridge Observatory, North elevation, 1820's
Coloured, 84x53cm
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Drawings of Cambridge Observatory Gardener's Cottage, 1864
53x77 cm. With inscription on reverse by J.C. Adams.
G.8.3
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Photograph of McClean Solar Instruments hut at Cambridge Observatory, circa 1906. 16x12 cm.
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Panoramic view of Cambridge Observatories and grounds from top of the Newall dome. By W.H. Manning, 1908
Two strips 22cm. high and 125 and 131 cm. long.
G.8.3
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Exhibition of rare books from Cambridge Observatories Library.
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Interior of Cambridge Solar Tunnel, c.1955.
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Interior of Library, Cambridge Observatory. Looking east, showing the portrait of Airy (now with the Royal Society)
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Early b/w photograph of South Front Cambridge Observatory.
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Cambridge Observatory building with crane during construction of Royal Greenwich Observatory, 1989.
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Cambridge Observatory Building: roof refurbishment Aug/Sept 1991.

Coelostat house at Cambridge Observatory opened for afternoon observations shortly before autumnal equinox and summer solstice. Contains McClean solar installation
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Temporary observatory at Fosterdown, Surrey, established to observe return of Halley's Comet in May 1910.
Mounted print 35x43 cm.
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Institute of Astronomy 1986, photographed by Richard Sword.
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Institute of Astronomy telescopes and domes, 1991
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Institute of Astronomy: Official Opening of the Lecture Theatre, 10th November 1999
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Aerial photograph of the Institute of Astronomy
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Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, early design drawings, c.1966, but not as built
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Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, c. 1960s
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Lithograph of Lick Observatory 36inch. Warner & Swasey, 1889
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Lick Observatory Library late 1900s
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Plane Crash at Lick Observatory,1939
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Madras Observatory Papers, J. Goldingham (1827) scanned plates from book Apollo

Plans of Solar Tunnel at Cambridge Solar Outstation in Malta
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Hut south of Newall Telescope with McClean Solar Equipment, 1911
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Album of photographs relating to the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory and scenery, c. 1908
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Newall dome and pavillion at Cambridge, c.1906
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Newall telescope dome with original Northumberland dome to one side (taken some time before 1934). 29x23 cm.
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Plans of various international Observatories,c.1829
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Possible competition design for an observatory
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Private Observatory of Sir William Keith Murray (1801-1861) at Ochtertyre, Perthshire, Scotland.
Circa 1858, 4 mounted photographic prints, including his 9-inch Cooke equatorial.
(See also MNRAS 19 (1859) 230)
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Paris Observatory
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Plan of Pulkovo Observatory (1864)
from R.a.48 Apollo

Sequence of photographs taken during the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory building in Cambridge, 1988-9 by M.F. Ingham
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Solar Physics Observatory. First half of 20th Century
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Solar Physics Observatory, c.1913-
Photographed from South, shows Newall dome and old Northumberland dome.
Scan is part only due to size of original 63x36 cm.
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Solar Physics Observatory, at South Kensington. Photographs of buildings and apparatus with some modern copies, Late 19th cent.
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Solar Physics Observatory, at South Kensington, early 1900's. Panorama of spectroheliograph huts. 58x15 cm. HIN546 Apollo

Solar Physics Observatory, at South Kensington, early 1900's.
Views accross site looking East and West.
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Solar Physics Observatory, in Cambridge, North & South elevations.
Architects drawing 1912. 55x39 cm.
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Solar Physics Observatory, in Cambridge, c.1926
View from directly South. Original is 44x33 cm.
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Photographed by E. W. Tattersall. The Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge, c.1913
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