Title:

Lick Observatory: interior, Seismograph Room

Sub-Series Title:

Instruments, Lick Observatory; Seismographs

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Seismometers and Scientific apparatus and instruments

Date Created:

June 20, 1897

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Seismometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Ewing Seismograph

Sub-Series Title:

Instruments, Lick Observatory; Seismographs

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Seismometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments, and Astronomical observatories

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Seismometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Astronomical observatories, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Horizontal Weichert seismograph record of Mexican earthquake

Sub-Series Title:

Instruments, Lick Observatory; Seismographs

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Seismometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments, and Astronomical observatories

Date Created:

December 16, 1911

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Seismometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Astronomical observatories, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Horizontal Weichert Seismograph

Sub-Series Title:

Instruments, Lick Observatory; Seismographs

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Seismometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments, and Astronomical observatories

Date Created:

February 19, 1912

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Seismometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Astronomical observatories, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Horizontal Weichert Seismograph

Sub-Series Title:

Instruments, Lick Observatory; Seismographs

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Seismometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments, and Astronomical observatories

Date Created:

February 19, 1912

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Seismometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Astronomical observatories, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Seismographic tracing of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, from the Lick Observatory's Ewing three-component seismograph

Sub-Series Title:

Instruments, Lick Observatory; Seismographs

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Seismometers, Natural disasters, Scientific apparatus and instruments, and San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906

Date Created:

April 18, 1906

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Seismometers, Natural disasters, Scientific apparatus and instruments, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Old Chronograph of the Lick Observatory

Sub-Series Title:

Instruments, General; Instruments, Lick Observatory

Creator:

Perrine, Charles D., 1867-1951

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Chronograph, Scientific apparatus and instruments, and Astronomical observatories

Date Created:

September 24, 1893

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Chronograph, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Astronomical observatories, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

W.J. Hussey and outfit for testing at various stations

Creator:

Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Hussey, William J. (William Joseph), 1862-1926 and Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Scientific apparatus and instruments, Astronomical observatories, and Astronomical instruments

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Scientific apparatus and instruments, Astronomical observatories, Astronomical instruments, Hussey, William J. (William Joseph), 1862-1926, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Seismographic record of the San Francisco Earthquake, on April 18, 1906

Sub-Series Title:

Instruments, Lick Observatory; Seismographs

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Seismometers, Natural disasters, Scientific apparatus and instruments, and San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906

Date Created:

April 18, 1906

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Seismometers, Natural disasters, Scientific apparatus and instruments, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36