Archives - 1800s

Jupiter, based on Trouvelot. Sketch by A.F. Miller.

Jupiter, as seen on 1884 (Mar 21st?)* at 6h 45m aft. Sketch by A.F. Miller.

The date is uncertain--see the caption for this photo: the uncertain part of the transcription is circled in red.

Jupiter. Sketcher unknown.

Woodcut of Leonid meteor shower over Niagara Falls, November 1833. This reproduction appeared on the front cover of Astronomy in Canada.

The Sun, as photographed on 1893 July 10th at 6:30 p.m. by J.R. Connon.

The Sun, as photographed on 1894 November 10th at 3:49 p.m. by J.R. Connon.

At the meeting of the Astronomical and Physical Society of 1896 March 3, Mr. George E. Lumsden proposed putting a number of bromide sheets under the tube. Several radiographs were thus taken at once. See TAPST 1896, p.7.

At the meeting of the Astronomical and Physical Society of 1896 March 3, Mr. George E. Lumsden proposed putting a number of bromide sheets under the tube. Several radiographs were thus taken at once. See TAPST 1896, p.7.

The Sun, as photographed on 1892 September 29th at 8 a.m. by J.R. Connon.

The Sun, as photographed on 1892 September 29th at 8 a.m. by J.R. Connon.