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Diapositives of photographs of sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph

Diapositives of photographs of sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph

1870-09
Diapositives of Photographs of Sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph

Diapositives of Photographs of Sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph

1870
Diapositives of photographs of sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph

Diapositives of photographs of sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph

1870
Diapositives of photographs taken with the Kew Photoheliograph

Diapositives of photographs taken with the Kew Photoheliograph

1860-1862
Standard mercury thermometer, 1854

Standard mercury thermometer, 1854

1854
Daily Herald Photograph: Queen Elizabeth II planting tree

Daily Herald Photograph: Queen Elizabeth II planting tree

1959-06-02
Small glass scale for Beckley recording rain gauge

Small glass scale for Beckley recording rain gauge

Adjustable counterpoise from short-period vertical seismometer

Adjustable counterpoise from short-period vertical seismometer

1939
Technical drawing of short-period vertical seismometer

Technical drawing of short-period vertical seismometer

1939
Short-period vertical seismometer used at Kew Observatory

Short-period vertical seismometer used at Kew Observatory

1939
Ronalds' rain and vapour gauge (evaporimeter) by Adie & Son

Ronalds' rain and vapour gauge (evaporimeter) by Adie & Son

1843
Mercury-in-glass standard thermometer, from Kew Observatory, marked No.9, 1850s. Scale 0 to 62 degrees

Mercury-in-glass standard thermometer

1850-1852
Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer, from Kew Observatory, marked 16 or 21, 1850s. Scale 0 to 70 degrees

Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer

1850-1852
Standard mercury-in-glass centigrade thermometer, signed Kew, April 1852, No.19. Scale -40 to 130 degrees

Standard mercury-in-glass centigrade thermometer

1852
3 photographs of sunspots (Nos.3,12 & 23) of the 39 taken on the photoheliograph at Kew Observatory by Elizabeth Beckley in 1870, Sept 21-24, 26-29.

Diapositives of photographs of sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph

1870
Standard spirit-in-glass thermometer, signed Kew, April 1952, S8. Scale -75 to 95 degrees

Standard spirit-in-glass thermometer

1852
Mercury-in-glass standard thermometer marked `Kew standard No.683 Kew Observatory February 1889' and initialled [J.F.]? with white backing to scale. Scale -29 to 280 degrees

Mercury-in-glass standard thermometer

1889
Standard mercury-in-glass fahrenheit thermometer, signed Kew Observatory, July 1853. Scale 5 to 120 degrees

Standard mercury-in-glass fahrenheit thermometer

1853
Standard mercury-in-glass fahrenheit thermometer, signed No.113, Kew Observatory, June 1854. Scale 0 to 125 degrees

Standard mercury-in-glass fahrenheit thermometer

1854
Standard mercury-in-glass fahrenheit thermometer, signed Kew, April 1852, No.35. Scale -39 to 130 degrees

Standard mercury-in-glass fahrenheit thermometer

1852
Standard mercury-in-glass thermometer, signed Kew Observatory, September 11851. Scale 0 to 65 degrees

Standard mercury-in-glass thermometer

1851
Short-period vertical seismometer (SPV) with viscous coupling used at Kew Observatory, by F J Scrase and A W Lee, 1939. This instrument was designed to record the vertical component of short-period waves from minor local earthquakes in the UK, complementing Kew’s two Wood-Anderson instruments (see 1974-539) that recorded the horizontal components. The instrument had a free period of 1.5 seconds, was direct recording with optical registration, had a static magnification of 3000 and a damping constant of close to 1.

Short-period vertical seismometer used at Kew Observatory

1939
Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer form Kew Observatory, numbered 8, 1850s. Scale 0 to 65 degrees

Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer form Kew Observatory

1850-1852
Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer from Kew Observatory, No.7, 1850s. Scale 0 to 55 degrees

Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer from Kew Observatory

1850-1852
Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer. Marked No.134 Kew Observatory, June 1854. Scale -5 to 134 degrees

Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer. Marked No.134 Kew Observatory

1854
Standard mercury-in-glass thermometer with white back, enclosed in glass shield with further mercury added. Shield marked `No3. Enclosed 1876', from Kew Observatory. Adapted 1876. Scale 0 to 13

Standard mercury-in-glass thermometer with white back

Atmospheric electricity records of varying positive potential gradient at Kew Observatory, 1909-1910

Atmospheric electricity records of varying positive potential gradient at Kew Observatory

1909-1910
Standard mercury-in-glass white-backed thermometer, marked 1856, inside further glass tube with mercury bulbmarked `No1 Enclosed 1874'. From Kew Observatory. Scale 0 to 11

Standard mercury-in-glass white-backed thermometer

1856
Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer, marked `Kew April 1852 No.45'. Scale -40 to 120 degrees

Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer

1852
Standard mercury-in-glass thermometer with white back, enclosed in outer glass shield with further mercury at bulb end. Shield marked `No2. Enclosed 1875', from Kew Observatory. Adapted 1876. Scale 0 to 14.6

Standard mercury-in-glass thermometer with white back

Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer. Marked No.130 Kew Observatory, June 1854. Scale 4 to 136 degrees

Mercury-in-glass standard fahrenheit thermometer. Marked No.130 Kew Observatory

1854
Atmospheric electricity records of potential gradient varying between positive and negative, Kew Observatory, 1909-1910

Atmospheric electricity records of potential gradient varying between positive and negative

1909-1910
Standard mercury-in-glass fahrenheit thermometer, signed Kew Observatory, July 1853, No. 33. Scale 10 to 214 degrees

Standard mercury-in-glass fahrenheit thermometer

1853
Mercury-in-glass stgandard fahrenheit thermometer, from Kew Observatory, No.11, 1850s. Scale 0 tgo 64 degrees

Mercury-in-glass stgandard fahrenheit thermometer

1850-1952