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Old Observatory, Calton Hill (Edinburgh, Scotland)

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Newspaper clipping " Edingburgh 'star-gazers' are Looking Up", c 1937

 Item
Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clipping "Edinburgh 'star-gazers' are Looking Up" on the subject of donation of John Henry Lorimer to the Edingburgh Astronomical Society and their plans to lease to observatory on Calton Hill.

Dates: c 1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters

Newspaper clipping "Observatory Problem Solved", c 1937

 Item
Identifier: Coll-27 (MS 2482)
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clipping "Observatory Problem Solved" on the subject of the Edinburgh Astronomical Association leasing the Calton Hill Observatory after John Henry Lorimer's donation.

Dates: c 1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer / Lorimer family letters

[Observatory], undated

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/164
Scope and Contents

[Observatory]. Pencil with watercolour. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist.

Note: Copy [by Adam White?] of an 18thC original. Pencil annotation: 'Observatory / Original done in Grose's time? Bought at Evans' [possibly Edward Evans, Great Queen Street]. Date [of original] in pencil: '3 September 1788'.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh