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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… laboratory, and apartments for a resident. An octagonal observatory and camera obscura, formerly rising from the roof … a heavy dentilled plaster cornice. The stair to the former observatory remains in the S.E. corner. Fig. 56 (60) Theatre …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… until 1763 at Ormonde House (below), where there was an observatory. 2 'The English Grammar School' opened in King's …
Old and New London
… desirable by some persons to have a second national observatory, Sir James South offered to build it at his own …
Old and New London
… sketching the metropolis; he afterwards erected an observatory several feet higher than the cross, and made … and whistle like a ship labouring in a storm, and once the observatory was torn from its lashings and turned partly over … and business. On one occasion the night was passed in the observatory, for the purpose of meeting the first glimpse of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… On the third storey is a similar window with a label. The Observatory added on the top of the Gatehouse in 1765 was …
Survey of London
… He was still active enough to make use of a small observatory which he had built at the top of the house and to … this house, which we propose calling Newton House, or The Observatory, or something that sounds grand. By the way, Sir Isaac's identical observatory is still subsisting, and we show it, to all our …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… Bradley, James, M.A., Astronomical Observator at Greenwich Observatory,for the yearly allowance of 100 l. to, and 26 l. … to his servant. [The intention of his appointment in the Observatory is that he may apply himself, with the most exact …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… James Bradley, deceased. Astronomical Observator in the Observatory at Greenwich. 12 Aug. 285 In Warrant Book, vol. … Nathaniel, clerk, M.A., Astronomical Observator in the Observatory at Greenwich,allowance of 100 l. per ann. to. [He …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… vice Nathaniel Bliss, decd. Astronomical Observator in the Observatory at Greenwich. 8 Feb. 483 Barstow, Thomas, the … Nevil, Clerk, M.A., Astronomical Observator in the Observatory at Greenwich,for an allowance of 100 l. per ann. … Royal Society For the appointment of visitors to the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. 22 Feb. 489 Treasurer of the …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… such bills for printing the observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich as shall be certified by the Council …