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12 September 1855

SHORTS OBSERVATORY

CASTLE HILL

will be Open at HALF-PRICE on SATURDAY AFTERNOONS

when, in addition to the Usual Attractions, will be EXHIBITED

Delule's Ingenious Self Adjusting Apparatus for Exhibiting the

Electric Light with a Continuous Flame

[The Daily Express: 12 Sep 1855, and other dates in Sep 1855]
Short's Observatory at Castle Hill, beside the entrance to the Castle Esplanade, is now the Camera Obscura.  The Centre, as well as giving displays of Edinburgh through the Camera Obscura housed on its roof, now has several small exhibitions and a small gift shop.

The Camera Obscura displays can be impressive, particularly on a bright day, or on a sunny day with interesting cloud patterns in the sky.

 

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27 September 1855

ON VIEW IN THE SALOON

68 PRINCES STREET

Under the Patronage of

His Majesty, Price Albert, and the Royal Family

and the Emperor and Empress of the French

WYLDE'S LARGE MODEL of the SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL

[The Daily Express: 12 Sep 1855, and other dates in Sep 1855]

 

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