Sentences with phrase «glass plates imprinted»

When retired astronomer Holger Pedersen visited a basement kitchen in the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen to brew a pot of tea, he discovered an unanticipated treasure trove — hundreds of photographic glass plates imprinted with astronomy observations, offering a unique view of the sky from decades long past.

Tucked away in the basement room of the Danish capital were cartons holding hundreds of glass plates imprinted with images of telescope observations, some of which are 120 years old.

Tucked away in the basement of the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, boxes held hundreds of glass plates imprinted with images of telescope observations, some of which are 120 years old