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Item ST 24201 Printing Plate - Presentation Bookplate, Melbourne Observatory, Victoria, 1880s

Summary

Hand engraved copper printing plate, for printing presentation bookplates for publications of the Melbourne Observatory, 1880s.

Physical Description

Rectangular copper plate.

More Information

Collecting Areas

Information & Communication
Acquisition Information

Donation from Office of Trade Measurement (formerly Weights & Measures Branch), Victoria: Local Government Department, 06 Sep 1957
User

Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1880s
Inscriptions

Plate inscribed in reverse: 'Melbourne Observatory / Latitude 37o, 49' 53" S. Longitude 9h 39m 48'8s E / Presented / by Authority of / Her Majesty's Government in Victoria / to'
Classification

Communications, Printing, Printing type, blocks & plates
Category

History & Technology
Discipline

Technology
Type of item

Object
Exhibition Collection Management

193 mm (Length), 122 mm (Width), 1 mm (Height)
Keywords

Observatories, Printing