Astronomical observations made at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, book, name: 'JG Barelay E.. 54 Lombard Street EC London', name: 'Presented by The Merry Docks & Harbor Bd.', writer (clerical worker): Charles Piazzi Smyth, publisher: Neill and Company, 1838 - 1886, writer (clerical worker), biological material, paper, leather, albumen print, printing, photoaquatint, height 280 mm x width 287 mm x thickness 46 mm, A sepia-toned printed page with an engraved illustration showing a stone wall with an arched opening, a mounted cannon or time-gun pointing outward, and a tall wooden support structure beside it; three men in period clothing stand near the gun, two facing the weapon and one in profile, and a small dog stands on the ground nearby; above the scene there is a wide area of blank aged paper with a large printed title across the top and smaller printed lines beneath it, and below the illustration there is more printed matter and decorative type across the lower portion of the page...
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Astronomical observations made at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, book, name: 'JG Barelay E.. 54 Lombard Street EC London', name: 'Presented by The Merry Docks & Harbor Bd.', writer (clerical worker): Charles Piazzi Smyth, publisher: Neill and Company, 1838 - 1886, writer (clerical worker), biological material, paper, leather, albumen print, printing, photoaquatint, height 280 mm x width 287 mm x thickness 46 mm, A sepia-toned printed page with an engraved illustration showing a stone wall with an arched opening, a mounted cannon or time-gun pointing outward, and a tall wooden support structure beside it; three men in period clothing stand near the gun, two facing the weapon and one in profile, and a small dog stands on the ground nearby; above the scene there is a wide area of blank aged paper with a large printed title across the top and smaller printed lines beneath it, and below the illustration there is more printed matter and decorative type across the lower portion of the page.

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Astronomical observations Royal Observatory Edinburgh book name JG Barelay E. 54 Lombard Street EC London Presented Merry Docks & Harbor Bd writer clerical worker Charles Piazzi Smyth publisher Neill Company 1838 - 1886 biological material paper leather albumen print printing photoaquatint height 280 mm x width 287 mm x thickness 46 mm sepia-toned printed page engraved illustration showing stone wall arched opening mounted cannon time-gun pointing outward tall wooden support structure beside three men period clothing stand near gun two facing weapon profile small dog stands ground nearby scene wide area blank aged large title across top smaller lines beneath illustration printed matter decorative type across lower portion page

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