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Transit instrument in the observatory, [Haverford College] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
Transit instrument in the observatory, [Haverford College] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
April 14, 1885
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing the transit instrument at the Strawbridge Memorial Observatory, a mechanical device comprised of a wheel, lever and a clock. There is a shuttered window behind the device. The Strawbridge Memorial Observatory was built at Haverford College (founded 1833) in 1854. Thomas Kimber Jr. provided funds for the first telescope, and the building was doubled in 1883 for a new ten-inch refracting telescope.
Notes
Time: 2:40
Light: good light from above
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject
Haverford College.
Strawbridge Memorial Observatory.
Astronomical observatories -- Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia artists.
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.533]
Accession number
P.9895.533
In Collections
Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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