Reference
W4035
Title
Cardington Observatory (or Howard's House Observatory)
Date free text
11 Aug 1850-1857
Production date
From: 1850 To: 1857
Scope and Content
Observatory notebook on astronomical phenomena recorded by Samuel Charles Whitbread at Cardington, at Eaton Place, London, at South Mimms, and at Richmond Hill, with press cuttings from The Times, the Illustrated London News, and Athanaeum magazine relating to astronomical matters.
Note: An entry of 9/10 July 1851 records the removal of the equatorial telescope from the old observatory in the kitchen garden to the new observatory.
Related Material
For letter from S.C. Whitbread, Cardington, about a meteor, see AD3467
For further information on the Cardington Observatory, notes on Whitbread as an atronomer, and for a transcript of the observatory notebook, see CRT120/107
Level of description
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