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  • Title
    Archival material relating to the firm of H.N. Irving & Son, instrument makers
  • Reference
    IRV
  • Production date
    1950 - 2005
  • Creator
    • H.N. Irving & SonBiography
  • Scope and Content
    Collection includes: catalogues; photographs of telescopes; order books c. 1950 – 2005; blueprints for telescope designs, including for the restoration of Brayebrook Observatory; material relating to manufacture and international distribution of hypsometer “test baths” for National Physical Laboratory; planetary drawings by Patrick Moore; Certificate presented to Bert Irving by de Havilland Corporation including illustrations of aircraft and a photograph showing members of the Irving family and company correspondence and records.
  • Extent
    10 meters of shelving
  • Language
    English
  • Level of description
    TOP
  • Repository name
    Science Museum, London
  • Associated people and organisations
    • Irving, Ronald NicholasBiography
    • Irving, Horace NBiography
  • Conditions governing access
    Open Access
  • Conditions governing Reproduction
    Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions
  • Related items
    2008-40
    E2008.121.3