[instruments at the Royal Observatory Greenwich]
One of three photographs mounted in a glazed frame showing instruments at the Royal Observatory Greenwich around 1914. Christie's Altazimuth instrument (universal) made by Troughton & Simms May in 1896, of 8-inch aperture and 8-feet focal length viewed towards the eyepiece and lifted out of its pivots.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1914-569 Pt2
- Materials:
- glass, paper (fibre product) and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall (frame holding 1914-569 Pt1-Pt3): 378 mm x 706 mm x 27 mm,
- type:
- photograph and universal circle
- credit:
- Royal Observatory, Greenwich
