Newton's lantern slide catalogue: section 2 (circa 1920)

92 NEWTON & CO., Ltd., Lantern Slide Publishers. ASTRO NOMY— Continued. DIAGRAMS. 9 Inclination of the Axis of the Earth 9 Earth travelling round the Sun, and Moo round the Earth. 0 Shadow of the Earth. 1 The Earth's Figure and Dimensions. 2 Eclipse of Sun by Earth, as seen from Moon. 3 Hcrschel s Theory of the Universe. I Causes of Eclipses ol Sun and Moon 5 The Sun's Rays. 3 A Magnetic Storm, and its relation to the Solar Promnenees. 7 Spheres in Space. Diagram by T, E Heath. 2s. 3d. S Spring Tides. 9 SpringTides. 0 Neap Tides. 1 Curvature of the Ocean. 2 The Tertestral Skeleton Globe. The Manner's Compass. The Winds, table of Velocity and Forces. Atmospheric Refraction. Atmospheric Refraction in the Polar Seas. Duration of Light and Darkness. The Rainbow. „ „ Double Bow. .. „ Drops of Rain. Lunar Rainbow. Planetary Motion, No. I. .. „ No. 2. .. .. No. 3. Parallax of the Planets. Formation of Spectrum through Prism. Pupils learning the relative positions of the planets on an open-air model at a School m Granada. Motto: *■ The Heavens declare the Glory of God," designed in stars. OBSERVATORIES. 650 Greemv.ch Observatorv 655 656 Vt'estgatc Old Build- ings. showing Domes from Garden building containing the Thompson Telescope Observatory Building from the roof of the new building. Altazimuth Observa- tory. Observatory Building from the Courtyard showing the Transit Building, the Com- putatiug Offices, and the Time-signalling Department. 657 Lick Observatory, Great Dome, and Obsers'er’s House. 658 ,, ,, in Winter - 659 Yerkes Observatory. South Front. 660 ,, ,, The Ninety-Foot Dome. 661 „ „ Sheathing the Ninety- Foot Dome. 662 Harvard College Observatory. Pinhole Photo- graph. 663 Mr. Isaac Robert’s Observatory, Crowborough, Susses. 664 Dr. Max Woll's Observatory, interior, at - Heidelberg. 665 Oxford University Observatory. 666 Melbourne Observatory. INSTRUMENTS. 675 Tycho's form of Transit Circle. 676 Astrolable. An old instrument with sights lot roughly marking the positions of the Celestial bodies. 677 Telescope of 17th century 678 Gregorian and Cassegrainian Reflectors. 679 Newtonian and Herschelian Reflectors, 680 Hailey's Transit Telescope. 681 „ College Exercise Book, with original Observations and Computations of his Comet. 662 „ College Exercise Book. 683 ., Quadrant. 684 Greenwich Observatory. The Thompson Tele* The ^Thompson Tele- scope. The 30 inch Reflector, with the new Spectroscopic Attachment. Tnc Chrouagrapli. The Time-Signalling Desk. The half -prism Spectro- scope on the South- East Equatorial. The site of the Green- w ch Meridian. 1 be Magnetic Pardian. The Magnetic Dip In- strument. 692 Lick Observalorv 36 in. Equatorial Telescope. Near view. 693 „ ,, 36 in. Equatorial Telescope. 694 „ ,. 36 in. Equatorial Telescope. Eye-end. 695 „ ,, 36 in. Telescope, Eye end, close view. S Lick Observatory. 36 in. Telescope. Micro- meter. 7 i. .. 36 in. Telescope. Spectro- scope. 8 Yerkrs Observatory. 40 in. Telescope. 9 .. i, 40 in. Telescope. Erecting the Declination Axis. 0 i 4 „ Clock Room. 1 >. .. Filar Micrometer. 2 ., „ Alvan G. Clark and Car Lundin with the Crown Lens of the 40 in. Ob- jective. 3 44 44 Two-foot Reflecting, Tele- scope. * i 4 .. The Bruce Spectrograph with its Accessories. 5 .. .4 Three-Prism Spectrograph attached to 40 in. Re- fractor. 3 44 Large Double Slides Plate Carrier attached to 40 in. Refractor. 1 44 44 Measuring Machine for Stellar Spectra. 70S A 30 in. Equatorial Telescope- 709 Astrographic Equatorial Telescope. 7)0 100 in. Reflecting Telescope. Mt. Wilson. 711 Siderostat of the Paris Telescope. 2s. 3d. *"? Comprising Portraits of Illustrious Philosophers of a bygone era—John Dalton. 1786- 1844; Sir Humphrey Davy, 1778-1829 ; William Hyde Woollaston, 1766-1828; Edward Jencer, 1749-1823 ; Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820 ; Sir William HerscheU, 1738 1822; John Hunter, 1728-T793; James Watt, 1736-1819 ; Michael Faraday, 1791-1867. 713 Equipment for observing a Solar Eclipse.