Accession No

2138

Brief Description

photographic plate holders, 4/4 19th C

Origin

Maker

Class

astronomy; optical

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (brass)

Dimensions

largest on one shelf: length 380mm; breadth 300mm; thickness 30mm largest on 2nd shelf: breadth 435mm; height 470mm; depth 40mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 10/1975.

Inscription

Description Notes

18 wooden photographic plate holders, various sizes, some with ‘D S & A’, and ‘S P O’ inscriptions, one belonging to Sheepshanks telescope.

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