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Engraving - 'The Comet, As Seen From the Melbourne Observatory', South Yarra, Victoria, Au ...
Engraving of a view of a comet, as seen from the grounds of Melbourne Observatory. From The Australasian Sketcher, 8 August 1874. The date of publication indicates that the comet is Co ...
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Engraving - Main Building, Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Victoria, 1880s
Coloured engraving of Main Building of Melbourne Observatory. Depicts the observatory after 1883 (when the East Transit Room was built) and prior to 1892 (when the Computing Room was bu ...
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Engraving - The Great Melbourne Telescope, Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Victoria, 1 ...
Three coloured engravings on one sheet of the Great Melbourne Telescope at Melbourne Observatory. Originally published in The Australasian Sketcher, June-July 1874. 1. 'An Observer at ...
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Engraving - Transit Telescope, Melbourne Observatory, A. H. Fullwood, circa 1886
Coloured engraving of the 8-inch transit telescope at Melbourne Observatory, by artist and engraver Albert Henry Fullwood (1863-1930). The telescope was installed in the newly construct ...
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Marine Chronometer - McGregor, Glasgow, No Y3529
Marine chronometer by D. M. McGregor & Co., Glasgow and Greenock, Scotland, No Y3529. Used at the Melbourne Observatory, probably for astronomical purposes. Handwritten notes inside li ...
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Marine Chronometer - Molyneux & Sons, London, No. 1438, circa 1830s
Marine chronometer by Molyneux & Sons, London, no. 1438, circa 1830s. This is one of the first two chronometers used by Government Astronomer Robert Ellery at the Williamstown Observat ...
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Negative - Assistant on the Astrograph Project, Melbourne Observatory, circa 1905
Female assistant using a photographic plate measuring machine to measure the precise positions of stars for the international Astrograph Project, around 1905. The machine being used is ...
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Negative - Chronograph & Recording Equipment, Melbourne Observatory
Small barrel chronograph, located on the west wall of the East Transit Room, Melbourne Observatory.
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Glass Negative - Construction of Astronomer's Residence, Melbourne Observatory, 1889
Construction of Astronomer's Residence, Melbourne Observatory, 1889.
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Glass Negative - Construction of Astronomer's Residence, Melbourne Observatory, South Yarr ...
Construction of Astronomer's Residence at Melbourne Observatory, 1889.
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