Plate, photographic

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OBJECT TYPE: dry
DATE: 1901
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2015.0257.001

MANUFACTURER: Harvard College Observatory
MODEL: Map of Sky H.M. 65
LOCATION: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Glass, emulsion and paper.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 28.0 cm
Width: 22.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still images
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Harvard
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Cambridge

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
Period: Plate taken February 19, 1901
Canada: Unknown
Function: Photographic record of "Map of Sky".
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Print on label "H.M. 65 HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY 7h + 45o/ This photograph covers a region 30o square, and is one of a series of 115 plates covering/ the entire sky twice, as described in H.C. 71, and 185.". Handwritten print visible on the plate's backside "65".
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Photographic glass plate negative coated with photographic emulsion. Image in various shades of grey. There is a cream coloured paper with black typewritten print affixed to lower part of the glass.
Decoration: N/A

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Harvard College Observatory, Plate, photographic, 1901, Artifact no. 2015.0257, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2015.0257.001/

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