Harvard College Observatory (Cambridge, MA)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
202-Bruce Telescope, 1892
FOUND IN:
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
Harvard College Observatory Blueprints from Oak Ridge Observatory
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Series:
202: 8"-13"-33" Schmidt Tel. - Bruce Tel.
Sub-Series Identifier: hsi, 00002
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...
203: 10" Metcalf Triplet, 1915-1927
FOUND IN:
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
Harvard College Observatory Blueprints from Oak Ridge Observatory
Series Identifier: hsi, 00002
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...
207: 16” Telescope - Metcalf, 1909
FOUND IN:
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
Harvard College Observatory Blueprints from Oak Ridge Observatory
Series Identifier: hsi, 00002
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...
233: Buildings - Agissiz, Gugarden etc, 1932-1966
FOUND IN:
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
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Collection:
Harvard College Observatory Blueprints from Oak Ridge Observatory
Series Identifier: hsi, 00002
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...
Harvard College Observatory observations, logs, instrument readings, and calculations
Collection Identifier: KG11365-6Scope and Contents:
This collection contains over 2500 logbooks and notebooks produced by the Harvard Computers and early Harvard astronomers, many of which feature datasets and processing observations relating to the HCO’s collection of astronomical glass plate photographs. The Harvard Computers were a team of women who worked for the Harvard College Observatory under the supervision of Director Edward Charles Pickering (1877-1919). Notable women include: Annie Jump Cannon, Williamina Fleming, Antonia Maury,...