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 | University CollegesThe University of Cambridge is rich in history - its famous Colleges and University buildings attract visitors from all over the world. But the University's museums and collections also hold many treasures which give an exciting insight into some of the scholarly activities, both past and present, of the University's academics and students.
There are 31 Colleges in Cambridge. Three are for women (New Hall, Newnham and Lucy Cavendish) and two admit only graduates (Clare Hall and Darwin). The remainder house and teach all students enrolled in courses of study or research at the University. |
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Trinity Hall
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Trinity Hall is one of the smaller Cambridge Colleges, though by no means the smallest. There are about three hundred and thirty undergraduates, about two hundred and twenty graduates and around forty-five Fellows covering a range of disciplines. Nestled among Clare, Gonville and Caius and Trinity Colleges, it lies discreetly along the river Cam in the centre of Cambridge insulated against the bustle of the town. While relatively small, intimate and notoriously friendly, Trinity Hall still manages to maintain a diversity of membership which is one of its strengths. Now half way through its seventh century, the College continues to play its role in educating future leaders for every endeavour - from academia to the arts, from private industry to public service.
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Queens' College
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First founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou and then, unusually, again in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville, Queens' is fiercely proud of its royal patronesses, including our most recent, Her Majesty The Queen. The history of the College, much like its architecture, is rich, complex and varied. The main College site sits astride the River Cam, the two halves joined across the river by the famous Mathematical Bridge - more correctly called The Wooden Bridge.
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Richard Thompson1057 views
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Amadou & Mariam956 views
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Church784 viewsAnyone know the name of this church?
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Queen's College, River Cam and the Wooden Bridge2098 viewsThe main College site sits astride the River Cam, the two halves joined across the river by the famous Mathematical Bridge - more correctly called The Wooden Bridge.
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Cerys Matthews1378 views
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The Northumberland Equatorial Telescope, University Observatory, 18388455 views`The Northumberland' is the only remaining large instrument from the early days of the University Observatory, and is preserved because of its great historical interest. It was for some years one of the world's largest refracting telescopes with an accurate clock-driven equatorial mounting to follow a star in its diurnal motion across the sky.
The Duke of Northumberland, later Chancellor of the University, indicated his wish to present a large telescope to the recently founded Observatory in 1833, and was enthusiastically encouraged by the Director, G.B. Airy.
The lens was an achromatic doublet of 11.6 inches clear aperture and focal length 19ft 6in, made by Cauchoix of Paris. Airy recognised that the mounting needed to be of great rigidity and adopted the `English' form (of which the telescope is indeed one of the prototypes). The polar axis is composed of two massive triangular prisms of ingenious design, in which the components are kept in permanent tension and compression to attain the desired resistance to torsion and flexure.
The main structure was built by the engineers Ransomes of Ipswich, and the fine mechanical work by the London instrument makers Troughton and Simms. The polar axis frame and the telescope tube are of Norwegian fir. The observing chair which gives access to the eyepiece in all positions is the original. The polar axis points upwards to the North celestial pole, at an altitude equal to the latitude of the Observatory (+52degrees 13minutes). A small electric motor, now replacing the original mechanical clock, turns the polar axis once in a sidereal day. Once directed to a star the telescope tube remains in a fixed orientation in space, while the Earth turns beneath it.
A program of automation was started at the end of 2001 to provide high-precision coordinate capability.
The original Cauchoix lens is not (by present day optical standards) very good and it is now in store. The optics on the telescope are modern: a 12 inch aperture visual achromatic doublet designed by Dr R.V. Willstrop of the Institute and constructed by the local firm A.E. Optics Ltd. was installed to mark the 150th anniversary of the telescope.
The steel dome covering the telescope was made by Cooke, Troughton and Simms Ltd. of London & York in 1932 to replace the original wood structure which had become increasingly dilapidated after 96 years.
The telescope was last used in a regular Observatory research programme, for the micrometrical measurement of double stars, in the 1930s. It continues, however, to be actively used for visual observations by members of the University Astronomical Society (founded 1942) who have an Observing Guide on the CUAS website, and for Public Observing on clear Wednesday evenings in the winter months, and so continues a useful life of now over 150 years.
Description source: Institute of Astronomy
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The Chieftains1150 views
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Event as seen from the lighting tower1984 viewsAug 07, 2006
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Eddi Reader1473 viewsAug 07, 2006
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Emmylou Harris1518 viewsAug 07, 2006
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Emmylou Harris1577 viewsAug 07, 2006
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Emmylou Harris1508 viewsAug 07, 2006
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Eddi Reader1391 viewsAug 07, 2006
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Eddi Reader1317 viewsAug 07, 2006
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