- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Howard Grubb
- Provenance
- From the Radcliffe Observatory archive.
- Primary inscriptions
- Intrinsic title: 'Chronograph for Perth. W.A.'. Intrinsic name: 'Sir Howard Grubb. F.R.S. | Astronomical Instrument Maker | Dublin.' with added date '1·3·97' and a signature. Manuscript note on back re. two blueprints lent to Jervis-Smith, 1899.
- Physical material
- Paper
- Dimensions
- Height: 557mm Width: 938mm
- Inventory No
- 11906
Description
Blueprint of a chronograph designed for the observatory at Perth, Western Australia, by Sir Howard Grubb. Large, horizontal format, folded many times. Presumably it was sent to the Radcliffe Observatory in connection with their order for a similar chronograph, the blueprint for which is 11904, dated October 8, 1897. [The state observatory at Perth was founded in 1896, and officially opened in 1900.]
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