Janus: Plans and other visual material, chiefly of University property; with related buildings records

University/P contains:
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P.XXII	Plans of the Medical Schools, second stage, and Humphry Museum
P.XXIII	Plans of the Arts School on the New Museums Site, comprising new lecture rooms and departmental library
P.XXIV	Plans of the Examination Schools on the New Museums Site, built 1909
P.XXV	Photostatic copies of original proposals for the Chemical Engineering Laboratory
P.XXVI	Plans and sketches of Solar Physics building, Spectroheliograph House and Siderostat House, at Cambridge University Observatory; with related papers
P.XXVII	Plans of the details of the New Equatorial Building at Cambridge University Observatory
P.XXVIII	Plans of details of Huggins and McClean Building at Cambridge University Observatory
P.XXIX	Plans and engravings of the Library, Senate House and Merton Hall
P.XXX	Plans for further buildings in the Senate House quadrangle, with related papers
P.XXXI	Plans of the proposed enlargement of the University Library, by extending the south wing and adding to it an extra storey
P.XXXII	Plans for successive alterations to the University Library, housed in both the Old Schools and part of the Cockerell Building; with related papers
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Plans and other visual material, chiefly of University property; with related buildings records

Title	Plans of the details of the New Equatorial Building at Cambridge University Observatory
Reference	P.XXVII
Creator	Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect; George Wailes and Co., engineers; Grubb, Sir Howard, astronomical instrument maker
Covering Dates	1896–1898
Extent and Medium	43 items

Content and context

The contractors were Rattee and Kett, Cambridge.

Further information

See also: UA CUR 29.2.

Index Terms

Educational Facilities

Cambridge University Observatory

University/P.XXVII contains:

P.XXVII.1

General arrangement, showing telescope and clocks at floor level. Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot.
Creator: Grubb, Sir Howard, Astronomical Instrument Maker.
1 item (584 x 616).

23 Nov. 1896

P.XXVII.2-5

Details of rail-wheels, bearing and track for telescope house.
Creator: George Wailes and Co., engineers.
4 items.

5 Feb. 1898- Mar. 1898

P.XXVII.6-7

Details of New Equatorial house.
Creator: George Wailes and Co., engineers.
2 items.

1 Feb. 1898

P.XXVII.8

Full size details of window in iron cover and rough sketch of shutter hinge.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (571 x 775).

18 Jan. 1898

P.XXVII.9

Full size pencil tracing of details of stone sill of small window in dark room.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (571 x 616).

17 Jan. 1898

P.XXVII.10

Graph showing cornices in relation to the slope of the walls, with angles described.
1 item (457 x 584).

1898

P.XXVII.11

Full size plan of doorway.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (571 x 724).

Jan. 1898

P.XXVII.12

Full size detail of window in staircase, showing stone sill, oak sill and brick work.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (571 x 629).

1898

P.XXVII.13

Full size detail of window in upper floor.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (571 x 533).

1898

P.XXVII.14

Full size detail of large window in dark room.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (571 x 667).

17 Jan. 1898

P.XXVII.15

Sketches for Observer's chair, and upper part of wall with cornice. Scale of chair: 1 inch to 4 inches, and of wall: 1 inch to 2 feet.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (381 x 558).

29 June 1898

P.XXVII.16

Rough drawing for pier for wheel at north end of track; with plan and section. Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (558 x 381).

15 Mar. 1898

P.XXVII.17

Full size section showing stone cornice.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (762 x 558).

12 Jan. 1898

P.XXVII.18

Elevation of piers showing revised heights. Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (381 x 558).

9 Mar. 1898

P.XXVII.19

Plan and elevations showing fittings for the dark room. Include elevations of north-east and south-east walls indicating positions of cupboards, tables, shelves, cistern and sink. Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (381 x 558).

22 Apr. 1898

P.XXVII.20

Detail of large window in dark room with outside and inside elevations, plan and section. Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (387 x 558).

1898

P.XXVII.21

Half-internal/half-external elevation, plan and section of window in iron cover. Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (381 x 558).

28 Jan. 1898

P.XXVII.22

Details of windows. Show internal and external elevations, plans and sections of windows in staircase and in upper storey; elevation, plan and section of small window in dark room. Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (558 x 762).

1898

P.XXVII.23

First sketches for New Equatorial house. Comprise:- transverse section through shed; longitudinal section through house and shed; south and east elevations; plans of ground floor and upper floor; diagram plan and elevation of track and shed. Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet; scale of diagram plan, etc.: 1 inch to 8 feet.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (558 x 762).

26 May 1897

P.XXVII.24

Full size sketches for iron cover with plan and section; half plan through side of iron cover and half plan of top. Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (381 x 558).

2 Nov. 1897

P.XXVII.25.i-v

Second and third sketches showing revised plans for staircase and floors.
Creator: Atkinson. T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
5 items.

5 June 1897–7 June 1897

P.XXVII.26

Revised sketches of shed and track. Comprise:- section and plan showing reduced height of shed, scale: 1 inch to 4 feet; block section and block plan showing whole length of track, scale: 1 inch to 8 feet.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (495 x 736).

5 July 1897

P.XXVII.27

Sketch showing fittings for dark room, with elevation and section of table with cupboard underneath; plan and elevation of south-east end. Sketch is marked as deleted and superseded. Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (279 x 381).

19 Apr. 1898

P.XXVII.28

Pen and ink impression of telescope house and shed, with pier carrying track for telescope.
1 item (558 x 775).

1898

P.XXVII.29-30

End and side elevations of the telescope house.
Creator: George Wailes and Co., engineers.
2 items.

6 Jan. 1898

P.XXVII.31-5

Designs for telescope and pier.
Creator: Grubb, Sir Howard, astronomical instrument maker.
5 items.

27 Nov. 1896–30 Sept. 1897

P.XXVII.36

Plans and sections. Sections AB looking west; CD looking north-west; EF looking north; plans of upper and ground floors; block section looking west; block plan. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (558 x 762).

22 Oct. 1897

P.XXVII.37

Elevations: east, south-east and south, south-west, north-west and north-east. Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (558 x 762).

22 Oct. 1897

P.XXVII.38

Sketch detail of iron cover. Shows transverse section of line B and line C; longitudinal section; end elevation; half-plan at A and half-plan of top. Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot 3 inches.
Creator: Atkinson, T.D. (1864-1949), architect.
1 item (762 x 558).

22 Oct. 1897