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Bronze armillary, Peking Observatory, 1875

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Jamie Carstairs

To mark the vernal equinox on Tuesday 20th March, this is a photograph by Thomas Child (1841-1898) of part of the Ancient (Imperial) Observatory in Peking (Beijing).  The equinox (a word from Latin, meaning ‘equal night’) heralds the start of … Continue reading →

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Photographs of photographers: Warren Swire

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Jamie Carstairs

Photographs of photographers with their cameras are not often found in their own albums of photographs.   So it was good to find a snap of Warren Swire with an unidentified woman wearing jodhpurs, taken by Ann Phipps (ph04-045).   Ann was … Continue reading →

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