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David Beveridge Adamson [B 7027] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] David Beveridge Adamson and his Newtonian telescope with equatorial mount built in 1886. Mr. Adamson, wearing a fez, is posing on a ladder next to his telescope which is mounted on the roof of his house [On back of photograph] 'Daniel Beveridge Adamson and his telescope / Erected on the roof of his house in Angas Street, near Hanson Street (later absorbed by Simpson's factory) [See letter from H.R. Adamson, October 30th, 1935] / The telescope was made by D.B. Adamson himself, even the grinding and silvering of the big mirror being his work / In 1922 the mounting was used at Cordello Downs for observing the solar eclipse (See note by H.R. Adamson in Newspaper cuttings book, vol. 2, p. 36) / Presented by F.E. Sawtell'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.0 cm x 10.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1888

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Adamson, David Beveridge, 1823-1891
Telescopes -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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General notes

A full description of the telescope and its mount occurs in the South Australian Chronicle, 9 October 1886, page 15.

Digitisation information

Date

04/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,160 x 3,178 pixels (6.9 MP)

Size

20.62 MB

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