A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Observatory, Clifton. Mr. West begs most respectfully to inform the Subscribers, Visitors, and the public generally, that the Observatory is now open, and that it contains, for their use, by day or night, large and powerful Reflecting and Achromatic Telescopes...
[n.d., c.1842.]
Wood engraving and letterpress, sheet 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4¼").
Clifton Observatory is a former corn and snuff mill, but in 1777 the sails were left turning during a gale and caused the equipment to catch light. After being derelict for 52 years, William West rented it from the Society of Merchant Venturers and installed a telescope and a camera obscura.
[Ref: 50589] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1842.]
Wood engraving and letterpress, sheet 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4¼").
Clifton Observatory is a former corn and snuff mill, but in 1777 the sails were left turning during a gale and caused the equipment to catch light. After being derelict for 52 years, William West rented it from the Society of Merchant Venturers and installed a telescope and a camera obscura.
[Ref: 50589] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Clarke, Maze & Co. Great Western Cotton Works, Bristol.
Drake, sc.
[n.d., c.1842.]
Steel engraved advert. 80 x 120mm (3¼ x 4¾"). Some faint text offset.
A trade card with a view of the cotton factory at Barton Hill, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, regarded as Bristol's most important factory. Founded as 'Clarke, Acramans, Maze & Co.' in 1837, the factory was completed in 1838 and started producing cotton early the following year. By 1872 the factory contained more than 800 looms. Despite closing in 1925, the main spinning mill was only demolished in 1968. The original company had 15 proprietors: of these eight appear in slave compensation records as owners of slaves on West Indian cotton plantations and a ninth was the son of an owner.
Hall et al., Legacies of British Slave-Ownership.
[Ref: 40956] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Drake, sc.
[n.d., c.1842.]
Steel engraved advert. 80 x 120mm (3¼ x 4¾"). Some faint text offset.
A trade card with a view of the cotton factory at Barton Hill, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, regarded as Bristol's most important factory. Founded as 'Clarke, Acramans, Maze & Co.' in 1837, the factory was completed in 1838 and started producing cotton early the following year. By 1872 the factory contained more than 800 looms. Despite closing in 1925, the main spinning mill was only demolished in 1968. The original company had 15 proprietors: of these eight appear in slave compensation records as owners of slaves on West Indian cotton plantations and a ninth was the son of an owner.
Hall et al., Legacies of British Slave-Ownership.
[Ref: 40956] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)