south african astronomical observatory sundial Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/south-african-astronomical-observatory-sundial Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:59:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 ROYAL OBSERVATORY Observatory Cape Town http://travelsfinders.com/royal-observatory-observatory-cape-town.html http://travelsfinders.com/royal-observatory-observatory-cape-town.html#respond Fri, 17 Nov 2017 03:19:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=247116 The McClean telescope. The building in which it’s housed features a hydraulically operated floor, the intention being that the observer can stand or sit at a convenient height for looking through the telescope. There’s a reservoir which stores the hydraulic power at the entrance to the building. Erything about the Royal Observatory is remarkable. Occupying a piece of land where, uniquely, the original ecology of the area has been preserved, it houses a collection of buildings made famous since its foundation in 1820 through the several important scientific advances that occurred in them. By the turn of the century, the

The post ROYAL OBSERVATORY Observatory Cape Town appeared first on TravelsFinders.Com ®.

]]> http://travelsfinders.com/royal-observatory-observatory-cape-town.html/feed 0