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Title Details	Manila Observatory
Subjects	Circa 1899 Government buildings Ermita, Manila manila observatory weather forecasts padre faure refracting telescope manuel selga luther parker collection national library of the philippines
Material Type	VM Visual material
Online Sources	View photo (midsize)
Format	print
Collection	Luther Parker Collection, National Library
Image Type	Reproduction:Photograph
Place	Ermita, Manila
Keyword	manila observatory weather forecasts padre faure refracting telescope manuel selga luther parker collection national library of the philippines

Item Call Number	AR00170
Status	Available
Barcode	AR00170
Photo Id	Photo ID - AR00170
Title	Title - Manila Observatory
Notes	Notes - Photo shows the compound of the Manila Observatory on Padre Faura Street. The center was the house of the famous 18-inch refracting telescope ordered from the Mertz factory in Germany and about 254 scientific papers prepared by Fr. Manuel Selga for various international journals in Europe and America. All these were destroyed during the manila bombardment of 1945.(See also AR00169).
Media Format	Media format - print
Collection	Collection - Luther Parker Collection, National Library
Image Type	Image Type - Reproduction:Photograph
Date	Date - Circa 1899
Subject	Subject - Government buildings
Place	Place - Ermita, Manila
Keywords	Keyword - manila observatory Keyword - weather forecasts Keyword - padre faure Keyword - refracting telescope Keyword - manuel selga Keyword - luther parker collection Keyword - national library of the philippines

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