Reading Nature, Observing Science: Examining Material Practices in the Lick Observatory Archives and Kenneth S. Norris PapersMain MenuIntroduction to the Lick Observatory ArchivesThe Lick Observatory: Imaging the CosmosThe Lick Observatory: Eclipse ExpeditionsEclipse Intro page (first in a path)Introduction to Kenneth S. Norris PapersKenneth S. Norris Papers: Natural History in PracticeKenneth S. Norris Papers: Pedagogy and ConservationConnections: In Relation to NatureThese images demonstrate the different constructions of nature in the two archivesConnections: Materials of ObservationVisualization of the ConnectionsVisualizes the connections between all the contentReading Nature, Observing ScienceCaptions and information for the cases of objects on display at UCSC Special CollectionsAlex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceDanielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
Case 4: Eclipse Expeditions in Context
12016-06-01T17:54:20-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6918426The photographs and prints gathered in this case all relate to the eclipse expedition program that the Lick astronomers undertook between 1889 and 1932.structured_gallery2016-06-07T14:31:40-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6The photographs and prints gathered in this case all relate to the eclipse expedition program that the Lick astronomers undertook between 1889 and 1932. The selected images all relate to three different themes: understanding the sun, onsite labour, and the importance of framing.
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12016-06-01T16:07:18-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceExhibition at UCSC Special CollectionsChristine Turk53Captions and information for the cases of objects on display at UCSC Special Collectionsstructured_gallery2016-06-07T14:24:12-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce
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12016-05-31T16:41:08-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Bartlett Springs eclipse site, photographer unknown, Bartlett Springs, CA, 18894Bartlett Springs, CA, 1889media/UA36_Bx462C_BartlettSprings_Case4032.jpgplain2016-06-07T09:00:12-07:0039.18389, -122.70333Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-02T21:09:51-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Group of Sun Spots and Veiled Spots, E.L. Trouvelot, 18754Illustration of Sun Spots by E.L. Trouvelot, 1875plain2016-06-07T11:48:32-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-05-11T22:14:48-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Working with a glass plate5Working with a glass plate and the base of the Schaeberle Camera, Wallal, 1922media/UA36/UA36_Bx392_Wallal016.jpgplain2016-06-04T16:57:02-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-03T14:36:56-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceSolar Eruption Sequence, undated2Undated glass positive of a solar eruption sequencemedia/ua0036_glp_1092_solar flare2.jpgplain2016-06-04T16:54:04-07:0020090112153727+0000Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-02T21:42:29-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Polar Axis and other equipment, Padang, 19011media/UA36_Bx462CPadang5_Case4038.jpgplain2016-06-02T21:42:29-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-05-11T22:14:53-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Solar Prominences2Prominences enlarged 13 times, taken at Fryeburg, 1932media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_FryeburgSolarProminences006.jpgplain2016-06-04T18:41:37-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
1media/UA36/MS268_Bx1_Flint004.jpg2016-05-11T22:14:57-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Workers making thatching for the instrument shelters, Flint Island, 1908.14Newspaper clipping showing Flint Island plantation workers weaving materials for the instrument shelters, 1908.media/UA36/MS268_Bx1_FlintClippingplain2016-06-07T13:38:08-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-05-11T22:14:53-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a689349040ft Camera in India3At Jeur, India, the Schaeberle telescope was contructed out of teak and cotton. A team of British missionaries (shown here) were recruited to help with the telescope's operation.media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_India.jpgplain2016-06-04T18:35:12-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-05-11T22:14:46-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Women washing dishes at Wallal3Life at the Wallal Camp, 1922media/UA36/UA36_Bx392_Wallal003.jpgplain2016-05-31T14:12:07-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-02T21:45:20-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Mrs Campbell at the polar axis2Wallal, 1922media/UA36_Bx462A_MrsCampbell@telescope.jpgplain2016-06-02T21:45:40-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
1media/UA36/UA36_Bx392_Wallal020.jpg2016-05-11T22:14:49-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Rehearsal of eclipse program, unknown photographer, Wallal, 19226Because each eclipse lasts for only a minute or two, the process of using all the equipment had to be carefully rehearsed in advance. Wallal, 1922.media/UA36/UA36_Bx392_Wallal020.jpgplain2016-06-07T11:49:50-07:001922-26.64949,146.18337Wallal, AustraliaE.S. MitchellAlex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-02T21:05:24-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Page from Russian Eclipse Album, 19143A selection of images from Elizabeth Campbell's photo album documenting life at the eclipse camp in Brovary, Russia, 1914media/MS268_Russia_Case4039COPY.jpgplain2016-06-02T21:06:38-07:0050.51378, 30.7603Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
1media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_Possibly Cartwright.jpg2016-05-11T22:14:53-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Eclipse camp, Cartwright3Site at Cartwright, Labrador, 1905. Documenting the same eclipse as the camps at Alhalma de Aragon, Spain, and Aswan, Egypt.media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_Possibly Cartwright.jpgplain2016-06-07T11:48:02-07:0053.707,-57.02331Cartwright, LabradorAlex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
1media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_UnknownEclipse007.jpg2016-05-11T22:14:55-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 19005Astronomer and equipment, unknown photographer, Thomaston, GA, 1900media/UA36/UA36_Bx461_UnknownEclipse007.jpgplain2016-06-07T11:06:31-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-05-11T22:14:48-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Manipulating the glass plates in the tent2Working at the base of the 40ft camera, Wallal, 1922media/UA36/UA36_Bx392_Wallal018.jpgplain2016-06-04T17:00:23-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-02T21:11:20-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Sketch of Solar Corona1A sketch of the solar coronamedia/UA36_462C_EclipseDrawingCase4033.jpgplain2016-06-02T21:11:20-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-02T21:39:54-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6View of the Schaeberle Camera at Padang1media/UA36_BX462_Padang_Case4035.jpgplain2016-06-02T21:39:54-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-02T21:41:20-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Schaeberle Camera at Padang, second view, 19012Second view of the 40ft Camera at Padang, Indonesia (then Sumatra), 1901media/UA36_Bx462C_Padang3_Case4037.jpgplain2016-06-04T09:22:29-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-05-19T16:13:07-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Second view of 40 ft Camera in Aswan, Egypt540 ft camera and equipment in Aswan, Egypt, 1905media/UA36_Bx 461_egypt008.jpgplain2016-06-03T15:13:22-07:0024.08893, 32.89982Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-05-19T16:02:44-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a640 ft Camera in Egypt640 ft Camera in Aswan, Egypt, 1905media/UA36_Bx 461_egypt009.jpgplain2016-06-03T15:14:46-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-07T13:46:02-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Case 4: Understanding the Sun5Key theme in Case 4plain2016-06-07T14:33:40-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-07T14:29:35-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Case 4: Onsite Labor1Key theme for Case 4plain2016-06-07T14:29:35-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-07T13:44:25-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Case 4: The Importance of Framing1Key theme in Case 4plain2016-06-07T13:44:25-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6