Box 01

Telescope Pier Plans

Plans on brown kraft paper to mark locations of mounting bolts on piers for telescopes in St. John's University observatory (apple orchard):

24" Diameter Circle for 12 1/2" Model D Custom Observatory.

18" Diameter Circle for 8" Deluxe RFT.

16" x 20" for 10" Super Deluxe.

Sent by Cave Optical Company to St. John's, at the request of Melchior Freund.

Cave Optical Company Correspondence

Correspondence between Melchior Freund and the Cave Optical Company, June 8, 1968-November 10, 1970. About new observatory to be built in apple orchard, its optical equipment and building design requirements. Includes floor plans, site elevatin sketch, invoices.

Magnus Wenninger Letter

Letter from Magnus Wenninger to Fintan Bromenshenkel, June 21, 1958. Proposes a shadow-calendar and shadow-clock for St. John's, and encloses design.

Fintan forwarded the letter and drawing to Joachim Watrin.

George N. Saegmuller Letter

Letter from George N. Saegmuller of Fauth & Co. to Peter Engel, March 1, 1894. About transit, clock, and chronograph for observatory. St. John's already had an equatorial telescope. This letter was in the back of Observatory Record, 1903-1908.

Observations, 1891-1892

Log of astronomical observations, with sketches.

Is on a notepad, in fragile condition.

Observations, 1893-1894

Cover: Observations from Jan 1893-Nov 1894

Inside front cover: Astronomical Notes made at St. John's University Observatory, 1893. I.O.G.D. "Coeli enarrant gloriam Dei."

Log with sketches. Mostly sunspots, but also some lunar and planetary observations, stars and nebulae, comets. A few news clippings pasted in.

Scratch Book, 1894-1895

Notes and sketches on notepad.

In fragile condition.

No title at top or on front page. "Scratch Book No. 4030."

Sun-Spot Observations, 1894-1897

Sun-spot Observations made at the new Observatory, From Nov. 1894 To Jan. 1897.

Undated newspaper clipping about the transit of Mercury pasted inside front cover.

Notes and drawings of sunspots.

Sunspots, 1897-1903

No title on cover.

First half is observations of sunspots, January 5, 1897-October 23, 1900.

Second half is other astronomical notes and observations, January 7, 1897-September 9, 1903.

Sun Spots, 1900-1907

Sun Spots, Oct 27, 1900-May 9, 1907

Log of sunspot observations, with notes and sketches.