Madras Observatory interior mb-width 4372 Manfred von Brauchitsch in a

Manfred von Brauchitsch in a Mercedes-Benz

20th August 1962

Formerly the site of an abbey

performing on stage at the NEC in Birmingham

Twelve figures lettered a-m

Madras Observatory interior mb-width 4372 Manfred von Brauchitsch in aPlate 14 from the paper 'Observations for ascertaining the length of the Pendulum at Madras in the East Indies, latitude 13 4' 9', 1N. with the conclusions drawn from the same', by John Goldingham, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 112 (1822), pp. 127 170. The painting shows three figures, one British and two Indian, taking an observation using a telescope and pendulum of the type used and described by Captain Henry Kater.