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Description of [George] Bishop's Observatory, South Villa, Regent's Park, by [John Russell Hind]

Reference number: HS/19/223

Date: 1840s

Description

Description of the set-up of the observatory from which John Russell Hind worked between 1845 and 1854. Creation by astronomer George Bishop (1785-1861), the instruments (11 feet refractor telescope made by Dollond; micrometer; transit; altitude and azimuth instrument by Troughton; sidereal clock by Barraud; night-glass by Dollond; sidereal chronometer by Arnold; standard thermometer by Dollond); their set-up (concrete base, stone pillar); furniture (mahogany chair, for which the maker received Society of Arts medal); the astronomical focus (double stars; comet; corrections of Bessel & Lalande Hist. Celeste); meteorological observations (daily barometric and temperature; no magnetic observations).
The attribution to John Russell Hind was made as a pencil note at the end of the paper.

Reference number
HS/19/223
Earliest possible date
1840s
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 ff.
Format
Manuscript

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John Russell Hind

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John Russell Hind, Description of [George] Bishop's Observatory, South Villa, Regent's Park, by [John Russell Hind], 1840s, HS/19/223, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_223/description-of-george-bishops-observatory-south-villa-regents-park-by-john-russell-hind, accessed on 13 September 2026

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