Temporary observatory for pendulum observations, Sumatra mimicking L-R Bill Owen

L-R Bill Owen

Richie Norman

A table is visible behind

Showing the car with the soft top up and down

This cartoon relates to his 1885 Budget

Temporary observatory for pendulum observations, Sumatra mimicking L-R Bill OwenPlan of a tent observatory used for pendulum observations, indicating the location of main instruments (clock, pendulum, telescope and transit instrument) and the masonry pillar for mounting the pendulum clock. Inscribed: 'Plan of the Observatory' Figure no. 3 from Report of the length of the pendulum at the equator made on an expedition from the observatory at Madras, by John Goldingham (Madras, 1824). Scale 1 inch: 2 feet. Original painting pasted