'Trevandrum Observatory' Size:S: 45 x 30cm and used the catalogue of

and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica

September 1874

From a private collection

with a boy eating a piece of the gingerbread

'Trevandrum Observatory' Size:S: 45 x 30cm and used the catalogue ofArchitectural views of the Trevandrum Observatory. Figure 1 elevation of the observatory. Figure 2 plan view of the observatrory. Figure 3 longitudinal section. The observatory was designed and constructed in 1837 by W. H. Horsley, a lieutenant in the Madras Engineers, under the patronage of Sri Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (1813 1846) Maharaja of the State of Travancore [now Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, India]. Scale 1 inch: 15 feet.