Title:

Wallal, Australia Expedition: 15-foot Einstein camera, built to test Einstein's theory of relativity

Sub-Series Title:

Instruments, General

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Cameras, Astronomical instruments, and Scientific expeditions

Date Created:

January 1923

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:

Astronomical observatories, Cameras, Astronomical instruments, Scientific expeditions, Lick Observatory, Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Wallal, Australia Expedition: view of the eclipse, September 21, 1922

Creator:

Bergmann, Carl A.

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Scientific expeditions and Solar eclipses

Date Created:

1922

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 expeditions, Solar eclipses, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36