Handbooks and Documents for 'Galaxy' automatic plate measuring machine

Made:
1967-1972
Handbooks and Documents for 'Galaxy' automatic plate measuring machine

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Handbooks and documents for 'Galaxy' automatic plate measuring machine, c. 1969

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1993-527/3
Materials:
paper (fibre product) and plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 260 mm x 390 mm x 355 mm,
type:
manual - instructional material
credit:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, Cambridge

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