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Title: |
[Observatory stack room, ca. 1891] |
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Item Identifier: |
A120 (photo order number) |
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Work Type: |
photographs |
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Date: |
ca. 1891 |
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Associated Name: |
Harvard College Observatory (n.d.), Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens (1857-1911) |
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Topics: |
photographs; glass; women; scientists; scientific instruments; analysis; storage facilities |
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Nationality/Culture: |
American |
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Note: |
General: The Harvard College Observatory stack room held 56,000 glass photographic plates showing the history ofthe entire stellar universe. Plates were created between 1885 to 1901. The capacity of the adjoining stack room, which contained the later plates, was 105,000. Williamina Fleming was one of the astronomers who analyzed the data from these plates. |
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Repository: |
Harvard University Archives
HUV 1210 (9-10) |
Record Identifier: olvwork289695
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