Sidney S. Girling

Sidney S. Girling

Girling, Sidney S.

S.S. Girling

Individual

Victoria, BC

1930-01-01

1956-01-01

Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, BC

Astronomy

Optics

Manufacturing

- 1930 – First appointed at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, BC. (Pearce, 140)

- 1942? – Active? Overhauled the now named Wray-Bryden telescope when it was first set up in Victoria. (“The Wray-Brydon Telescope”)

- 1943 – “Mr. S.S. Girling of Victoria, B.C., who for 15 years had constructed many instruments for the Observatory, was appointed Instrument Maker in March 1943.” (Pearce, 140)

- 1952 - Girling constructs “a new optical plate with a three-point suspension and compensating weights” for the universal spectrograph at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. (Wright, 207)

- 1956 – A new machine shop is constructed “off the road below the office.” (Wright, 207)

Mozel, P. “A Telescope’s First Century” (1984) (https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1984JRASC..78...75M): 78

Pearce, J.A. “Report of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory for the Years 1942-1945” (1946) https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1946JRASC..40..139P: Plate V, 140, 141

RASC Victoria “The Wray-Brydon Telescope” (https://victoria.rasc.ca/wray-brydon-telescope-2/) [11-07-24]

Wright, K.O. “The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 1918-1975” The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 69 No. 5 Whole Number 536 (October 1975)