Astronomers from Greenwich Observatory preparing for observing and photographing the total eclipse of the sun at Giggleswick School, Giggleswick, Yorks. 323258. Picture shows the front of the 45 foot camera, the long focus cine camera, and an astronomer operator with the Coelostat, an instrument which carries the mirror in which the sun will be reflected. These reflections will be photographed with the cinematograph camera, which has a lens of tremendous focal length - it is capable of magnifying to 15 times the normal image. Sport and General Press Agency, Ltd., London, Copyright.
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Astronomers from Greenwich Observatory preparing for observing and photographing the total eclipse of the sun at Giggleswick School, Giggleswick, Yorks. 323258. Picture shows the front of the 45 foot camera, the long focus cine camera, and an astronomer operator with the Coelostat, an instrument which carries the mirror in which the sun will be reflected. These reflections will be photographed with the cinematograph camera, which has a lens of tremendous focal length - it is capable of magnifying to 15 times the normal image. Sport and General Press Agency, Ltd., London, Copyright.
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n.d.
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GB124.DPA/1129/4
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Item from Fonds: Documentary Photographic Archive (GB124.DPA)
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Greater Manchester County Record Office
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English
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7439106