Andrew Elvins

Elvins House, Cobourg

130 University Avenue West, Cobourg, Ontario. This house belonged to Andrew Elvins. Photo taken in August 1983 by Peter Broughton.

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Andrew Elvins 1872

Andrew Elvins in 1872.

Picture published in JRASC, 1919.

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Andrew Elvins 1910

Picture published in JRASC, 1919.

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Andrew Elvins

(1823-1918) One of the founding members of the society in 1868; VP 1890-91.

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Elvins AutoBiography

Autobiography of Andrew Elvins.  There are three sections in this document:

  1. Autobio dictated by Mr. Elvins to L.H. Graham in 1904.
  2. Autobio dictated by Mr. Elvins to C.A. Chant in 1913 (transcription of #3).
  3. Original Shorthand version of #2.

The text of these autobiographies appear on the two pages following this one.

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TAS 1880s #2

At Mr. Howell's house, 218 Bleecker Street, Toronto. (About 1888).  The object shown on the table is a Wimshurst influence machine made by Mr. Moore.  With this machine and Leyden jars, they were able to get a spark about 13 inches long, which they photographed.

Left to right: Mr. Barters (a friend who came occasionally but whose name does not appear on the list of members), A. Elvins, A.F. Miller, G.G. Pursey, W.J. Moore (who for many years was a workman with the instrument maker James Foster).

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TAS 1880s

Photograph taken at a meeting of the Toronto Astronomical Society (probably 1888).  This meeting was held at the home of Samuel E. Roberts, 1 Avenue Street (a short street that ran from the head of Elizabeth Street to University Avenue), Toronto.

From left to right: G.G. Pursey, A. Elvins, S. Roberts, D.J. Howell, A.F. Hunter, A.F. Miller.

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Mars 18xx

Mars, as seen in 1868(?). Sketch by Andrew Elvins.

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Mars 1856

These sketches, undated, were formerly attributed in our Archives to Andrew Elvins. They are in fact lithographs of observational skecthes by Warren De la Rue from 1856 April 20, as can be found in Camille Flammarion, La Planète Mars et ses conditions d'habitabilité, synthèse générale de toutes les observations..., vol. I (Paris: Gauthier-Villars et fils, 1892), p. 128, fig. 76, and p. 129, fig. 77, among other places.

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Mars 1892

Mars as seen in 1892(?). Sketch by Andrew Elvins.

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