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|  || 2 ||  || Bidston thermographic records 1906 || Full year original charts from instrument || via Peter Vincent - neighbour (f) worked @ POL || 11/01/17 || [[File:2.jpg|80px]] [[File:2b.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
|  || 2 ||  || Bidston thermographic records 1906 || Full year original charts from instrument || via Peter Vincent - neighbour (f) worked @ POL || 11/01/17 || [[File:2.jpg|80px]] [[File:2b.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 3.4 || Annual report 1972-73 || Institute of coastal oceanography and tides || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:3.4.jpg|80px]]  ||  
 
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|  ||  || 3.5 || Annual report 1973-74 || NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
|  ||  || 3.5 || Annual report 1973-74 || NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  ||  || 3.6 || Annual report 1975 || NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:Bid-3.6.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 3.7 || Annual report 1976 || NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
|  ||  || 3.7 || Annual report 1976 || NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
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|  ||  || 3.31 || Annual report 2006/07 || NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
|  ||  || 3.31 || Annual report 2006/07 || NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  ||  || 3.32 || "Annual reports bound, 1940-45 & 1951 to 1958" || Liverpool observatory and tidal institute || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:3.32.jpg|50px]] [[File:3.32-b.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 3.32 || "Annual reports bound, 1940-45 & 1951 to 1958" || Liverpool observatory and tidal institute || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:3.32.jpg|80px]] [[File:3.32-b.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  || 4 ||  || "Annual reports loose, 1940-45 & 1951 to 1956" || Liverpool observatory and tidal institute || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
|  || 4 ||  || "Annual reports loose, 1940-45 & 1951 to 1956" || Liverpool observatory and tidal institute || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
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| B || 5 ||  || Assortment NERC magazines / info flyers ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
| B || 5 ||  || Assortment NERC magazines / info flyers ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  || 6 || 6.1 || Newspaper clippings related to Bidston Observatory ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:6.1.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  || 6 || 6.1 || Newspaper clippings related to Bidston Observatory ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:6.1.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 6.2 || "Corespondance, incl. job application letters & reply to enquiry about Doodson-Lege" ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:6.2.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 6.2 || "Corespondance, incl. job application letters & reply to enquiry about Doodson-Lege" ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:6.2.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 6.3 || Infographics on instruments / lighthouse etc. Speeches on the OBS. ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:6.3.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 6.3 || Infographics on instruments / lighthouse etc. Speeches on the OBS. ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:6.3.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 6.4 || The polemic obs newspaper ed. Judith Woolf ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:6.4.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 6.4 || The polemic obs newspaper ed. Judith Woolf ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:6.4.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 6.5 || Notes technical writing workshop ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:6.5.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 6.5 || Notes technical writing workshop ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:6.5.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  || 7 ||  || > Box file of photos ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
|  || 7 ||  || > Box file of photos ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  ||  || 7.1 || foamboard backed reproduced photos || Some foamboard backed || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:7.1.jpg|40px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 7.1 || foamboard backed reproduced photos || Some foamboard backed || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:7.1.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 7.2 || original photos ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:7.2-Equatorial-telescope.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 7.2 || original photos ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:7.2-Equatorial-telescope.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 7.3 || Negs / slides ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:7.3.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 7.3 || Negs / slides ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:7.3.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  || 8 || 8.1 || Thames barrage information ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:8.1.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  || 8 || 8.1 || Thames barrage information ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:8.1.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 8.2 || Copyright fees ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:8.2.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 8.2 || Copyright fees ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:8.2.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 8.3 || Charges for tidal predictions ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:8.3.jpg|50px]] [[File:8.3box.jpg|90px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 8.3 || Charges for tidal predictions ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:8.3.jpg|80px]] [[File:8.3box.jpg|90px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 8.4 || "copies of operating procedures, how to calculate for tidal prediction & timing/costs" ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:8.4.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 8.4 || "copies of operating procedures, how to calculate for tidal prediction & timing/costs" ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:8.4.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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| C || 9 ||  || Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1878 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
| C || 9 ||  || Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1878 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  ||  ||  || Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1879 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:MD-HB1879.jpg|40px]] [[File:MD-HB1879_2.jpg|40px]] [[File:MD-HB1879_3.jpg|40px]] ||  
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|  ||  ||  || Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1879 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:MD-HB1879.jpg|80px]] [[File:MD-HB1879_2.jpg|80px]] [[File:MD-HB1879_3.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  ||  || Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1880 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  ||  ||  || Holdens Almanac 1890 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
|  ||  ||  || Holdens Almanac 1890 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  ||  ||  || Holdens Almanac 1891 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:0011-holden.jpg|80px]] [[File:0011-holden-b.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  ||  || Holdens Almanac 1892 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  ||  ||  || Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Liverpool Tide Tables 1979 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
|  ||  ||  || Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Liverpool Tide Tables 1979 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  ||  ||  || Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Liverpool Tide Tables 1984 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:12-MD-1984.jpg|80px]] [[File:12-md-collection.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  ||  || Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Liverpool Tide Tables 1985 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  ||  ||  || Fred's Tide Guide 1987 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
|  ||  ||  || Fred's Tide Guide 1987 ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  || 13 || 13.1 || Plate - Details of gears for driving component ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:13.1.jpg|50px]] [[File:13.1b.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  || 13 || 13.1 || Plate - Details of gears for driving component ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:13.1.jpg|80px]] [[File:13.1b.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 13.2 || Plate - portable tidal machine ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:13.2a.jpg|50px]] [[File:13.2b.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 13.2 || Plate - portable tidal machine ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:13.2a.jpg|80px]] [[File:13.2b.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 13.3 || Plate - Doodson-Lege ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:13.3.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 13.3 || Plate - Doodson-Lege ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:13.3.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 13.4 || Plate - village scene (Bidston?) ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:13.4.jpg|50px]] [[File:13.4b.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 13.4 || Plate - village scene (Bidston?) ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:13.4.jpg|80px]] [[File:13.4b.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 13.5 || Plate - Bidston hill windmill ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:13.5.jpg|50px]] [[File:13.5b.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  ||  || 13.5 || Plate - Bidston hill windmill ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:13.5.jpg|80px]] [[File:13.5b.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  ||  || 13.6 || Plate - flagstaffs ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:13.6.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  || 14 ||  || "Photocopied documents - texts, scientific papers from the observatory library" ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:14.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  || 14 ||  || "Photocopied documents - texts, scientific papers from the observatory library" ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:14.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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|  || 15 ||  || "Study of changes inhigh water levels & tides, LPL" || "Liverpool, last 230 yrs, Phil Woodworth POL rpt 56" || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  ||  ||  || POLTIPS tidal prediction software info ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 ||  ||  
 
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|  || 17 ||  || Collected correspondance 1940's - 1950's post war ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:17.jpg|50px]] [[File:17-2.jpg|50px]] ||  
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|  || 17 ||  || Collected correspondance 1940's - 1950's post war ||  || Valerie Doodson || 02/01/18 || [[File:17.jpg|80px]] [[File:17-2.jpg|80px]] ||  
 
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Revision as of 10:29, 16 April 2022

Bidston Observatory physical archive

These are objects kept in the Heritage Education Centre Space archive, on site.

Box Packet/folder No. Item No. Item Description Provenance Date Added Digitization(s) Comments
A 1 Bidston Anemometer pressure tube recordings 1905 Full year original charts from instrument via Peter Vincent - neighbour (f) worked @ POL 11/01/17 1.jpg 1b.jpg
2 Bidston thermographic records 1906 Full year original charts from instrument via Peter Vincent - neighbour (f) worked @ POL 11/01/17 2.jpg 2b.jpg
3 3.1 Annual report 1969-70 Institute of coastal oceanography and tides Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 3.2.jpg
3.2 Annual report 1969-70 Second copy - Institute of coastal oceanography and tides Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 3.2.jpg
3.3 Annual report 1971-72 Institute of coastal oceanography and tides Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 3.3.jpg
3.4 Annual report 1972-73 Institute of coastal oceanography and tides Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 3.4.jpg
3.5 Annual report 1973-74 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.6 Annual report 1975 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 Bid-3.6.jpg
3.7 Annual report 1976 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.8 Annual report 1977 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.9 Annual report 1978 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.10 Annual report 1979 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.11 Annual report 1980 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.12 Annual report 1981 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.13 Annual report 1982 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.14 Annual report 1983 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.15 Annual report 1984 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.16 Annual report 1985/86 NERC Institute for Oceanographic Sciences Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.17 Annual report 1987/88 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.18 Annual report 1988/89 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.19 Annual report 1989/90 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.20 Annual report 1990/91 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.21 Annual report 1991/92 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.22 Annual report 1992/93 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.23 Annual report 1993/94 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.24 Annual report 1994/95 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.25 Annual report 1995/96 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.26 Annual report 1996/97 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.27 Annual report 1997/98 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.28 Annual report 1997/98 Second copy - NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.29 Annual report 2002/03 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.30 Annual report 2003/04 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.31 Annual report 2006/07 NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
3.32 "Annual reports bound, 1940-45 & 1951 to 1958" Liverpool observatory and tidal institute Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 3.32.jpg 3.32-b.jpg
4 "Annual reports loose, 1940-45 & 1951 to 1956" Liverpool observatory and tidal institute Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
"Tables high & low water, Jan - Dec 1961" Southend / Tilbury / R.Albert Dock / London Bridge Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
5.1 Photocopied image orig. from plate XX - Lighthouse and signals on Bidston Hill 1826 Cardboard back Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 5.1.jpg
B 5 Assortment NERC magazines / info flyers Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
6 6.1 Newspaper clippings related to Bidston Observatory Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 6.1.jpg
6.2 "Corespondance, incl. job application letters & reply to enquiry about Doodson-Lege" Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 6.2.jpg
6.3 Infographics on instruments / lighthouse etc. Speeches on the OBS. Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 6.3.jpg
6.4 The polemic obs newspaper ed. Judith Woolf Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 6.4.jpg
6.5 Notes technical writing workshop Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 6.5.jpg
7 > Box file of photos Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
7.1 foamboard backed reproduced photos Some foamboard backed Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 7.1.jpg
7.2 original photos Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 7.2-Equatorial-telescope.jpg
7.4 roll prints 7.3b.jpg
7.3 Negs / slides Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 7.3.jpg
8 8.1 Thames barrage information Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 8.1.jpg
8.2 Copyright fees Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 8.2.jpg
8.3 Charges for tidal predictions Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 8.3.jpg 8.3box.jpg
8.4 "copies of operating procedures, how to calculate for tidal prediction & timing/costs" Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 8.4.jpg
C 9 Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1878 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1879 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 MD-HB1879.jpg MD-HB1879 2.jpg MD-HB1879 3.jpg
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1880 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1882 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1883 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1884 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1885 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1886 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1887 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1888 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1890 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1891 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1893 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1894 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1895 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1896 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1897 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1898 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1899 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1900 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1901 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1902 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1903 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1904 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1906 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1907 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1908 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1909 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Tide Tables 1953 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Tide Tables 1954 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Tide Tables 1965 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Tide Tables 1966 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Tide Tables 1967 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Tide Tables 1968 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
"Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Tide Tables 1969, with engineers supplement" Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
11 Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1910 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1911 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1912 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1913 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1914 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1915 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1916 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1917 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1919 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1920 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1921 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1922 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1924 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1925 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1927 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1928 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1929 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1930 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1931 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1932 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1933 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1934 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1936 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1937 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1938 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1939 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1940 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1941 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1964 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1965 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1968 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1969 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1880 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1882 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1883 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1885 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1885 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1886 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1888 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1889 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1889 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1890 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1891 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 0011-holden.jpg 0011-holden-b.jpg
Holdens Almanac 1892 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1893 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Holdens Almanac 1894 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
12 Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Liverpool Tide Tables 1975 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Liverpool Tide Tables 1979 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Liverpool Tide Tables 1984 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 12-MD-1984.jpg 12-md-collection.jpg
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Liverpool Tide Tables 1985 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Port of London Authority Handbook Tide Tables & Port Information 1988 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
National Rivers Authority Tide Tables 1990 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Associated British Ports Southampton Tide Tables 1993 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Fred's Tide Guide 1987 Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
13 13.1 Plate - Details of gears for driving component Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 13.1.jpg 13.1b.jpg
13.2 Plate - portable tidal machine Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 13.2a.jpg 13.2b.jpg
13.3 Plate - Doodson-Lege Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 13.3.jpg
13.4 Plate - village scene (Bidston?) Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 13.4.jpg 13.4b.jpg
13.5 Plate - Bidston hill windmill Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 13.5.jpg 13.5b.jpg
13.6 Plate - flagstaffs Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 13.6.jpg
13.7 "Plate - Doodson-Lege, component " Marked 'J' Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 13.7.jpg 20220416 115523.jpg
13.8 "Plate - Doodson-Lege, component " Marked 'M' Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 13.8.jpg
14 "Photocopied documents - texts, scientific papers from the observatory library" Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 14.jpg
15 "Study of changes inhigh water levels & tides, LPL" "Liverpool, last 230 yrs, Phil Woodworth POL rpt 56" Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
Market & business strategy for tidal computations & stats "Anne Auslid Tryggeset, Bath Uni MBA 1990" Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
POLTIPS tidal prediction software info Valerie Doodson 02/01/18
D 16 16.1 "Original tidal prediction cards, harmonic analyses, visualisations" Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 16.1.jpg
16.2 Print outs of visualisations and data 16.2.jpg
17 Collected correspondance 1940's - 1950's post war Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 17.jpg 17-2.jpg
18 Collected correspondance 1940's - 1950's post war Valerie Doodson 02/01/18 18.jpg

Materials in the Wirral Archive

This is a selection of materials relative to Bidston Observatory, stored in the Wirral Archives. Digital snapshots are stored on a hard drive, kept in the HECS Archives, to be used for research purposes. Most objects have come from Liverpool University.

Box Packet/folder No. Item No. Provenance Date added Digitization(s) Comments
1 1.1 Box 1 Timeline notes Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.2 Box 1 Annual sunshine 1908-1983 Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.3 Box 1 Annual rainfall 1867-1983 Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.4 Box 1 Random shot wirral archives Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.5 Box 1 Weather observation note & symbols Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.6 Box 1 Anabatic & Katabatic wing explanations Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.7 Box 1 "Memorandum, 9. Jan 1989" One O'clock time gun Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.8 Box 1 Marine Committee 12. July 1909 Seismograph Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.9 Box 1 "Cathetometer description, " "handwritten, early" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.10 Box 1 Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.11 Box 1 Item 10 Meteorological and general working instructions "manual, 1958" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.12 Box 1 Item 9 Liverpool observatory and tidal institute Certificates of examination Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.13 Box 1 Item 8 "Twenty five years of rainfall in the wirral, 1889" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.14 Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society 1848-9 pg. 15-18 Lpool Museum 02/01/18
1.15 "On the Liverpool Obs by John Hartnup, Junior assistant astronomer" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.16 "Statement on (…) the observatory, mid/late 1800s" "Notes, author?" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.17 "Text about mounting the telescope at Bidston, late 1800s" "Notes, author?" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.18 Box 1Item 5 "Letter, September 3. 1869" John Hartnup Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.19 Folders containing mean temperature recordings 1855-1865 Outside of packets only Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.20 Box 1 Items 1 & 2 Liverpool observatory and tidal institute 1905-1909 and 1910-1913 Presented by C.S Drummond 19th Aug 1954 Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.21 Timeline notes Author unknown Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.22 Tidal institute committee meeting book "Uni of Lpl, partial digitisation only" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
1.23 Observatory Library catalogue "handwritten, partial digitisation only" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2 2.1 Astronomers Reports displayed Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.2 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1849" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.3 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1850" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.4 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1851" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.5 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1852" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.6 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1855" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.7 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1856" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.8 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1857" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.9 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1862" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.10 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1863" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.11 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1864" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.12 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1865" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.13 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1869" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.14 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1870" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.15 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1871" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.16 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1873-74" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.17 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1875-78" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.18 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1884" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.19 "Report of the Astronomer to the Marine Committee, 1884-88" "Report, but all tables not digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.20 Meterological summaries 1867 > Not all pages digitsed Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18
2.21 "Anemograph recording sheets, 70s-90s" "Images, but not all sheets digitised" Original docs belong to Wirral Archives 02/01/18

Archives related to the one o'clock gun

Physical objects relative to the one o'clock gun are stored in the National Museums Liverpool (NML) archive, collected & donated by Phil Woodworth. Digital snapshots are stored on a hard drive kept in the HECS Archives. Most objects have come from Liverpool University.

Item No. Item Description Provenance Digitizations(s) Comments
1.1 1.5 Letters 1939-1946 about Time Gun "Phil Woodworth, now in NML"
2.2 2.3 Early photos gun & Liverpool Photocopies of photos
3 Investigation August 1958 "Notes, handwritten"
3.2 Procedure for testing and firing gun
3.3 3.6 Gun & Gauge circuits & Wiring
3.7 3.8 Chadburn – Doodson Tide Recorder schematic
3.9 commutator resistance
3.1 Circuit for galvo box
3.11 3.27 Sangmo Weston correspondance & invoices
3.28 Note Volts & Pulse "Note, handwritten"
3.29 3.3 Uni of LPL dept. of Physics New posts description 1962 & pencil notes on the back Typewritten document
3.31 3.32 Grant application 1961
3.33 "Correspondence to Sangemo, Sheffield, 1962 RE: relays" Letters
3.34 "Correspondence from Sangemo, Sheffield, 1960 RE: relays" Letters
3.35 "Correspondence to observatory about relays, 1960" Letters
3.36 Newlyn / Shoreham Data set coastal to input to tidal prediction machine 1958 Handwritten Table
3.37 "Pencil diagram on back, resistance, 1960"
3.38 Liverpool / Glasgow Data set coastal to input to tidal prediction machine 1958
3.39
3.4 3.41 Pen Diagram Jan 1960 with notes on back
3.42 Gun & Gauge circuits diagram on squared paper
3.43 Switchboard wiring
3.44 Circuit diagram 1959 Handwritten in pen
3.45 Investigation of Galvo currents Handwritten in pen
3.46 'Commutator’ (?) Resistances Handwritten in pen
3.47 Circuit for Galvo box Handwritten in pen
3.48 Investigation August 1958
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