Wet Collodion Astronomical Camera Made for Warren De La Rue, by Ilford, London, c.1854 | |
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| Inventory Number: | 81324 |
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| Persons: | Warren De la Rue |
| Date Created: | c. 1854 |
| Place Created: | London England United Kingdom Europe |
| Accession Number: | 1934-9 |
| Brief Description: | Astronomical camera made for Warren De la Rue to take photographs of the moon by means of wet-collodion photography. It was attached to his 13-inch reflecting telescope (73180, etc), probably the first telescope specially designed for astronomical photography. There are two other cameras associated with the telescope. |
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| Provenance: | Transferred from the University Observatory, Oxford, in 1934. |
| Collection Group: | University Observatory Collection |
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