Exhibit 1 · paper tape
Generator fault recorder
The fault recorder shows the mains dead from 22:18 to 22:34
Ivy Wren
Assistant astronomer
Twenty-six, three years at the Meridian, and the only person on the headland who understood what Nix was actually photographing.
On the record
Nothing yet. Ask them something.
Put to the witness
The board — drag one onto another, or tap two. Testimony can contradict testimony.
Exhibit 2 · paper tape
Supply restoration stamp
The same tape shows the supply live again from 22:34 until morning
Exhibit 3 · instrument log
Dome drive log
The dome was driven to azimuth 214° at 22:41
Exhibit 4 · electronic lock
Library door log
The library lock records no entry by Miss Wren between 22:10 and 23:02
Exhibit 5 · seized garment
Miss Wren's coat
Her coat was soaked through; rain fell only on the seaward path, 22:20–23:00
Exhibit 6 · handset log
Warden's radio log
Mr Tolliver's handset transmitted from the generator shed, 22:14–22:38
Exhibit 7 · glass plate
Annotated photographic plate
Dr Nix annotated the plate in the control room, 21:30–22:30
The coroner’s folder — 7 exhibits
Exhibit 1 · paper tape
Generator fault recorder
The fault recorder shows the mains dead from 22:18 to 22:34
Exhibit 2 · paper tape
Supply restoration stamp
The same tape shows the supply live again from 22:34 until morning
Exhibit 3 · instrument log
Dome drive log
The dome was driven to azimuth 214° at 22:41
Exhibit 4 · electronic lock
Library door log
The library lock records no entry by Miss Wren between 22:10 and 23:02
Exhibit 5 · seized garment
Miss Wren's coat
Her coat was soaked through; rain fell only on the seaward path, 22:20–23:00
Exhibit 6 · handset log
Warden's radio log
Mr Tolliver's handset transmitted from the generator shed, 22:14–22:38
Exhibit 7 · glass plate
Annotated photographic plate
Dr Nix annotated the plate in the control room, 21:30–22:30
1 exhibit still with the lab. Break the witnesses holding it back.
Fixed points
- Dr Nix fell to the dome floor at 22:50
- Dr Nix was on the gantry until he fell, 22:35–22:50
- The gantry is in view from the dome floor and from nowhere else on the headland.