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Contemporary account from 1835

 

Date: 1835
Author: Anonymous
Title: The Royal Observatory, Greenwich
About: Published in four episodes in The Weekly Visitor (London, The Religious Tract Society), this mainly historic rather than contemporary account contains several unique illustrations, including a distant view from the north with the Ramage Telescope visible in the Courtyard, the only known plan showing the location of the Ramage Telescope, several important early images of the time ball mechanism and the only known illustration of Pond's 25-foot Great Zenith Tube (1833). The four episodes were preceeded by one titled Greenwich Castle, Kent. Publication details are as follows:

Greenwich Castle, Kent: Issue No. CXXI, 6 Jan 1835, pp. 1–2

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich No.1: Issue No. CXXVI, 3 Feb 1835, pp. 41–42

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich No.2: Issue No. CXXVII, 10 Feb 1835, pp. 53–55

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich No.3: Issue No. CXXVIII, 17 Feb 1835, pp. 63–64

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich No.4: Issue No. CXXIX, 24 Feb 1835, pp. 67–69
Images: Nine 



Click here to read: Greenwich Castle Kent in its original format
Click here to read: The Royal Observatory, Greenwich No.1 in its original format
Click here to read: The Royal Observatory, Greenwich No.2 in its original format
Click here to read: The Royal Observatory, Greenwich No.3 in its original format
Click here to read: The Royal Observatory, Greenwich No.4 in its original format