Boyden Station (Bloemfontein, South Africa)

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Scope and Contents: The Oak Ridge Observatory Blueprints documents the instrumentation used and studied by staff at the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). Comprised mostly of technical drawings of the observatory buildings, telescopes, and other astronomical instrumentation used at various HCO Observatories it also has some notes, sketches, and other related material. The collection includes some plans from other observatories. The collection spans from 1892 to 1988 with the bulk of the collection from the...

Overview:

The Harvard College Observatory was founded in 1839 in Cambridge, MA. During the 20th century research expanded with observatories in New Mexico, Peru, and South Africa using telescopes ranging from 1” to 61” in diameter. This collection contains technical drawings collected at Oak Ridge Observatory relating to many of the observatory buildings and telescopes.

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Telescope: 13" Boyden, Observatory: Bloemfontein, Title: MUNICIPALITY OF BLOEMFONTEIN - PROPOSED HOUSING FOR THE 13" HARVARD TELESCOPE AT MAZELSPOORT / 1/4 SCALE / DRAWN BY [unintelligible] / CHECKED BY / SEPTEMBER 1927, Designer/Draftsman Information from plan: DR. BY: [unintelligible] ,

Overview: Boyden Station was established by Harvard University in 1889 to allow for observations from the Southern Hemisphere. The observatory was originally located in Arequipa, Peru, but was relocated to a spot near Bloemfontien in the Orange Free State, South Africa in 1927 due to better weather. The collection includes 182 photographs, which probably date from the 1930s to 1950s. The images depict Boyden Station, as well as its surrounding areas, including employees, equipment, and local South...

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Telescope: 13" Boyden, Observatory: Bloemfontein, Title: Sphere of Revolution / 13" Boyden Tel.,