Accession No

4390

Brief Description

display cards relating to spectroscopy / spectrography, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., English, c. 1910

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

ephemera; prints

Earliest Date

1910

Latest Date

1910

Inscription Date

Material

paper (card, photographic)

Dimensions

4390.1 breadth 398mm; height 229mm 4390.2 breadth 386mm; height 261mm 4390.3 breadth 469mm; height 379mm 4390.4 breadth 244mm; height 417mm 4390.5 breadth 503mm; height 384mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

1:
‘Astronomical Micrometer.
Made for The Cambridge Observatory.
Almucantar.
Made for The Cambridge Observatory.
Evaporimeter.
Made for the Helwan Observatory.
The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co. Ltd. Cambridge. England.’
2:
‘Outside view.
Hood removed showing Heating Colis etc.
Automatic Electric Temperature Control.
Spectograph.
Made for use with 24inch Refractor at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope,
by The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., Ltd. Cambridge.England.’
3:
‘Apparatus for enlarging Stellar Spectrograms.
Made for the Maharajah Taktasingji Observatory...[text missing]...nah,
by the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.......England.’
4:
‘Spectro-photo-heliograph.
made for the Kodaikanal Observatory.
The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co. Ltd. Cambridge. England.’

Description Notes

5 cards probably intended for display of instruments connected with spectography from 1907 (c). Each card has decorative ink border line. Cards 1-4 have 3 or 4 photographs pasted on with descriptive titles. Card 5 has neither border nor text. The spectro-photo-heliograph was made in 1907 as a special product for the Solar Physics Observatory at Kodaikanal in South India. All cards are worn and discoloured, some are torn with parts missing.

Condition: poor; incomplete (card 3 has bottom right corner incomplete).

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