Photograph of the instruments used by the British expedition when observing the 1919 total solar eclipse in Brazil.
1919
Heliostat by Jules Duboscq, 1850-1880
1850-1880
Circular Glass Mirror, Silver and Platinised, by Leon Foucault, 1857-1868
1857-1868
Heliostat, contrived by the late G. Johnstone Stoney
1895
Italian draw-tube refracting telescope, 1714-1722
1714-1722
Speculum Metal Mirror, 1850-70
1850-1870
Speculum Mirror, 1861
1861
Primary metal speculum mirror with central hole
1840-1850
White enamel glass mirror and box, by William Herschel
1780-1800
Photomultiplier tube
1967
Catadioptric reflecting telescope
1960-1975
Speculum Metal Mirror, 1840-60
1840-1860
Sample radio receiver for the James Clerk Maxwell sub-millimetre radio telescope, 1986
1986
Model of Ayn Yantra at Jaipur Observatory, 1884-1886
1884-1886
Solar eyepiece (Herschel wedge) with two dark glass filters by John Browning
1860-1880
Telescope Eyepiece from Great Rosse Telescope, 1845-1850
1845-1850
Grazing incidence spectrometer GIS
1993-1995
Cardboard draw tube telescope
1751-1800
Model of pointer to the North Pole (Druv Nal)
1884-1886
Circular glass mirror (80 mm)
1960-1970
Model of Narivalaya at Jaipur Observatory, 1884-1886
1884-1886
model of equatorially mounted circles (Chakra Yantra)
1884-1886
Eleven astronomical eyepieces and one terrestrial eyepiece
1860-1890
Drawing of Lord Rosse's machine
1915
Glass disc for telescope mirror
1840-1870
Glass wedge mirror aluminised on the hypotenuse surface
1960-1970
Circular quartz planar mirror (5-inch)
1960-1970
Silvered and platinized glass (Foucault)
1857-1868
Mahogany chest of telescope eyepieces
1850-1900
Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986
1986
models of Celestial hemispheres (Kapali)
1884-1886
Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986
1986
Optical parts of Lassell's telescope
1840-1850
Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986
1986
Working Model of Radio Dish from One Mile Telescope,Cambridge
1964
Accessories for Meade Starfinder Dobsonian telescope
1995
Model of altitude circle (Unnatansha Yantra)
1884-1886
Components of Peek telescope equatorial mounting
1871
Dialytic telescope of 60 mm aperture and 750 mm focal length by S.G. Plössl
1830-1840
Accessories for Newtonian reflecting telescope made by William Herschel for the Radcliffe Observatory
1812
Skeleton Tube for Large Reflecting Telescope
1888-1889
Eyepiece for solar observations
1875-1900
Brass eyepiece for the reflecting telescope of 9-inch aperture by James Short
1767-1768
Brass eyepiece for the reflecting telescope of 9-inch aperture by James Short
1767-1768
Small heliostat on mahogany base/stand with clockwork drive
1875-1885
Driving clock and components from Peek equatorial mounting
1871
Mahogany veneer wooden tube for Peek telescope
1867-1871
Heliostat with spring driven clock drive for use with table top spectrometers by Adam Hilger Ltd.
1919
Circular glass mirror (4 1/2-inch)
1934
Silvered glass telescope mirror of diameter 9 1/2 in
1880-1900