Accession No

3390

Brief Description

plates of astronomical instruments of the early 19th Century, by J. Farey and Wilson Lowry, English, early 19th Century

Origin

England; London; Paternoster Row

Maker

Farey, J. [draughtsman] Lowry, Wilson [engraver]

Class

astronomy; prints

Earliest Date

1816

Latest Date

1819

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 268mm; breadth 214mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased, 05/1986.

Inscription

‘ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS.’ (top of each plate)
for other inscriptions see the description notes

Description Notes

Five plates of astronomical instruments taken from Rees’s Cyclopaedia (1811-1820).
3390.1: ‘PLATE XI.’. Shows ‘Portable Equatorial Instruments’ by Short, Ramsden, Fayrer and Dollond. Inscribed at bottom: ‘J. Farey Jun. del. Published as the Act directs, 1816, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row London. Lowry sculp.’
3390.2: ‘PLATE II.’. Astronomical instruments. Shows ‘
Mayer’s circle and Borda’s circle. Inscribed at bottom: ‘Farey del. Published as the Act directs, 1816, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row. Lowry Sc.’
3390.3: ‘PLATE XII.’. Shows ‘Dollond’s OBJECT GLASS MICROMETER.’, ‘Nairne’s Portable EQUATORIAL Instrument.’, ‘Dollond’s REFRACTION Apparatus.’ and ‘Ramsden’s REFRACTION Apparatus.’. Inscribed at bottom: ‘J. Farey delin. Published as the Act directs, 1819, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row. Lowry Sc.’
3390.4: ‘PLATE XVI.’. Shows ‘EQUATORIAL Instrument at Armagh, made by Troughton’. Inscribed at bottom: ‘J. Farey del. Published as the Act directs, 1819, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row. W. Lowry, sc.’
3390.5: ‘PLATE XXXIII.’. ‘ZENITH SECTOR’ . zenith sectors by Graham and Ramsden, and ‘Dollond’s Zenith Micrometer.’. Inscribed at bottom: ‘Farey delin. Published as the Act directs, 1816, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row. Lowry Sc.’

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