Equatorial sextant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich mb-height 973 Inscribed: 'PLATE 2

Inscribed: 'PLATE 2

'Pudding before Meat'

Four volumes are shown upright

In mid-November 1867

Equatorial sextant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich mb-height 973 Inscribed: 'PLATE 2Exterior scene showing a rear view of the 7 foot equatorial sextant with a telescopic sight designed for the old Royal Observatory by John Flamsteed (1646 1719) the first Astronomer Royal. The instrument is on an observing platform upon which can be seen stepladders and a lantern. Plate 4 (right half detail) from Ichnographia speculae Regiae Grenovici exquisite facta (London, 1676) a series of engravings commissioned by Sir Jonas Moore, the leading