Seismological stations; Earthquakes; University of Santa Clara; Weber, John A.
Rev. John A. Weber, SJ., Director of the Ricard Observatory with Galitzes East-West Component Seismograph in background and North-South Recorder in foreground.
Vertical Component of the Weichart Seismograph c.1910. Photo taken in the "Octagon-shaped Building" shortly after the installation of the Weichert, probably in 1910.
Rev. John A. Weber, SJ., Director of the Ricard Observatory with Galitzes East-West Component Seismograph in background and North-South Recorder in foreground.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Jesuits; Ricard, Jerome S., 1850-1930; Astronomical observatories;
Fr. Ricard, known as ""Padre of the Rains"" on steps of Ricard Observatory on SCU Campus. ""When forecasting weather, he wore a Panama hat, when foul, he donned a somber sombrero.""
Santa Clara College (Calif.); Seismological stations; Earthquakes
the Vertical Component of the Weichert Seismograph circa 1910. Photo taken in the "Octogon-shaped building" shortly after the installation of the Weichert, circa 1910.
Large astronomical telescopes; Lick Observatory; Mount Hamilton Range (Calif.); Photographs; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Technology; Telescope eyepieces;
Black-and-white photograph of Lick Observatory Telescope Eye Piece taken July 4, 1888.
