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The
opening of the Goverment Meteorological Department by Lord Milner.
Source: MNASSA. |
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The
Goverment Meteorological Department in 1905, better known as Union Observatory.
Later renamed to Republic Observatory.
Courtesy Africana Museum. Source: Moore |
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26-inch
Telescope Dome and Library at the Republic Observatory.
Source: A.S.S.A. Archives: Peter Smits Collection. |
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Republic
Observatory.
Source: A.S.S.A. Archives: Peter Smits Collection. |
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