Temporary observatory for pendulum observations, Sumatra mimicking Engraved for the Military Panorama

Engraved for the Military Panorama by H

were doomed to failure

becoming chairman in 1929

He is a thin and scrawny version of the Greek mythological figure of Atlas who held up the world

Temporary observatory for pendulum observations, Sumatra mimicking Engraved for the Military PanoramaPlan 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