tower amid the destruction
observing the observatory
cut through the ROQ
Freud from the Observatory
college quad from the observatory
Libra the balance, with Scorpio
Sagittarius the archer
Capricorn the goat
Aquarius the water carrier
Pisces the fish
Aries the ram
west face of the observatory
John Radcliffe statue
new John Radcliffe statue
ROQ blizzard
Tower of the Winds
winter at the ROQ
observatory in winter
Lankester Quad
college observatory
entrance to the observatory
Skiron the north west wind
Boreas the north wind
Kaikias the north east wind
Apeliotes the south east wind
Freud from the Observatory
blot on the Jericho landscape
spoilt view of the Rotunda
common room window
Green Templeton gardens
Green Templeton lawn
view of the Doll Building
observatory common room
college common room
students' lounge
students' common room
Blavatnik spoils the view
a conurbation of carbuncles
grim view from the Observatory
ugly view of the science block
St Anthony from the Observatory
Walton Manor rooftops
Neuropathology rooftop
St Barnabas from Observatory
behind the Walton Street wall
Freud from the Observatory
Walton Street from Observatory
Duke of Marlborough telescope
gallery at the observatory
staircase to the gallery
stairway to heaven
Coade stone panel
Coade stone panel
Coade stone panel
Aries the Ram
Pisces the Fish
Aquarius the Water Carrier
Capricorn the Goat
Sagittarius the Archer
Libra and Scorpio
Observatory in a September sky
friars at the Observatory
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The purchaser of the Observatory was Lord Nuffield, who presented it to the hospital authorities and in 1936 established the Nuffield Institute for Medical Research there. In 1979 the Institute moved to new premises in the grounds of the John Radcliffe Hospital, thus freeing the Observatory site for its new owner, Green College.
The Observatory was built at the suggestion of Dr Thomas Hornsby, the Savilian Professor of Astronomy, after he had used a room in the nearby Radcliffe Infirmary to observe the transit of Venus across the sun's disc in 1769. The transit was a notable event which helped to produce greatly improved measurements for nautical navigation.
Beneath the Tower itself are rooms at each of three levels: the ground floor is now the College dining room, the first floor, originally the library, is now used as the Common Room, and on the top floor is the magnificent octagonal observing room.
Now bereft of its instruments, the room nevertheless still contains some of the original furniture as well as a spiral staircase which leads to an upper gallery. From this gallery the Observer had access to the roof where meteorological observations were carried out. Large windows lead from the observing room onto the balcony, making it possible to wheel observing instruments outdoors."
www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/about/history/radcliffe-observatory
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