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One of eleven photographs

1883

One of eleven photographs

1883

Series of 11 photographs (some duplicates)

1883

Range finder 'Dr Common's patents' 1902, no3345

1902

One of eleven photographs

1883

The Great Nebula in Orion

1883

The Great Nebula in Orion

1883

One of eleven photographs

1883

One of eleven photographs

1883

Photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, 1883

1883

One of eleven photographs

1883

One of eleven photographs

1883

One of eleven photographs

1883

Photograph of gibbous Moon

1880
Large reflecting telescope with accessories, built by Hammersley with 36 inch glass mirror made by Andrew Ainslie Common, Ealing London in 1888. Used at the Solar Physics Observatory, South Kensington, London from 1889 to 1913 then at the Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge from 1913 to 1950s.

Large reflecting telescope with accessories

1888-1889
Pair of identical photographs of a star cluster by Dr. A.A. Common taken using dry plates with a 36-inch reflecting telescope with silver-on-glass mirror from his home in Ealing, West London.

Photographs of a star cluster

1885